Murrieta

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 9,764 acres · 4 state, 9,760 local 43%
  2. High 1,358 acres · Local Responsibility Area 6%
  3. Moderate 1,233 acres · Local Responsibility Area 5%
  4. Non-wildland 10,323 acres · Local Responsibility Area 46%

  22,678 acres of land in all, 4 in the State Responsibility Area and 22,674 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

  The 10 largest of 11 fires that burned here

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  1. 1981 Unnamed fire 9,182 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,906 acres here
  2. 1956 Sandia Fire 2,053 acres in total 1,882 acres here
  3. 1969 Unnamed fire 19,513 acres in total 944 acres here
  4. 1987 State 1587 Fire 3,276 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 847 acres here
  5. 1934 Unnamed fire 3,052 acres in total 566 acres here
  6. 2019 Tenaja Fire 1,940 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 252 acres here
  7. 1959 Yoder Fire 153 acres here
  8. 1996 Tenaja Fire 138 acres in total 113 acres here
  9. 1998 Lee Fire 485 acres in total 101 acres here
  10. 2007 Daily Fire 224 acres in total 26 acres here

  And 1 smaller fire. The most recent was the 2019 Tenaja Fire, which burned 252 acres here. In all, 5,966 acres of Murrieta 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