Mount Shasta

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 2,204 acres · 123 state, 2,081 local 91%
  2. High 159 acres · 13 state, 146 local 7%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 52 acres · Mostly federal land 2%

  2,415 acres of land in all, 135 in the State Responsibility Area and 2,228 in the Local. State zones are the ones the State Fire Marshal designated, in effect since April 1, 2024. Local zones are CAL FIRE's 2025 recommendation, which each city or county adopts by ordinance and can make stricter. How to read fire zones

• Fire history

  Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

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  1. 1950 Spring Hill Fire 863 acres in total 434 acres here
  2. 1922 Unnamed fire 608 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 320 acres here
  3. 1936 Unnamed fire 1,376 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 201 acres here
  4. 1949 Unnamed fire 125 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 88 acres here
  5. 1924 Unnamed fire 114 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 69 acres here
  6. 1934 Unnamed fire 157 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2 acres here

  The most recent was the 1950 Spring Hill Fire, which burned 434 acres here. In all, 906 acres of Mount Shasta have burned. Acres are the land each fire burned here, and fires that crossed less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history