North Fork

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 4,818 acres · State Responsibility Area 23%
  2. High 10,246 acres · State Responsibility Area 50%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 5,594 acres · Mostly federal land 27%

  20,659 acres of land in all, 15,064 of it in the State Responsibility Area. 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 33 fires that burned here

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  1. 1923 Unnamed fire 24,116 acres in total 6,322 acres here
  2. 1922 Unnamed fire 25,017 acres in total 4,806 acres here
  3. 1911 Unnamed fire 11,239 acres in total 4,240 acres here
  4. 1936 Unnamed fire 10,674 acres in total 4,192 acres here
  5. 1916 Unnamed fire 6,240 acres in total 3,541 acres here
  6. 1939 Unnamed fire 35,335 acres in total 2,993 acres here
  7. 1924 Unnamed fire 5,203 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,527 acres here
  8. 2020 Creek Fire 379,842 acres in total 1,511 acres here
  9. 1917 Unnamed fire 1,748 acres in total 1,497 acres here
  10. 1919 Unnamed fire 1,090 acres here

  And 23 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2023 Whiskey Fire, which burned 83 acres here. In all, 19,085 acres of North Fork 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