Novato

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

  Map
  1. High 7,838 acres · 79 state, 7,759 local 44%
  2. Moderate 3,561 acres · 57 state, 3,504 local 20%
  3. Non-wildland 6,255 acres · Local Responsibility Area 35%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 11 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  17,664 acres of land in all, 136 in the State Responsibility Area and 17,517 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 15 fires that burned here

  Map
  1. 1923 Uknown Fire 31,769 acres in total 2,607 acres here
  2. 1937 Uknown Fire 1,098 acres in total 868 acres here
  3. — Uknown Fire 844 acres here
  4. — Uknown Fire 462 acres here
  5. 1937 Uknown Fire 318 acres here
  6. — Uknown Fire 268 acres here
  7. — Uknown Fire 285 acres in total 215 acres here
  8. — Uknown Fire 180 acres in total 176 acres here
  9. 1941 Uknown Fire 149 acres in total 147 acres here
  10. 1938 Uknown Fire 227 acres in total 120 acres here

  And 5 smaller fires. The most recent was the 1997 Center Fire, which burned 2 acres here. In all, 5,262 acres of Novato 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