Oceanside

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 2,592 acres · Local Responsibility Area 10%
  2. High 2,983 acres · 2 state, 2,982 local 11%
  3. Moderate 1,979 acres · 1 state, 1,979 local 7%
  4. Non-wildland 19,359 acres · Local Responsibility Area 72%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 4 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  26,917 acres of land in all, 2 in the State Responsibility Area and 26,911 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. 1979 Unnamed fire 966 acres in total 251 acres here
  2. 1938 Unnamed fire 194 acres in total 192 acres here
  3. 2014 River Fire 168 acres here
  4. 1937 Unnamed fire 87 acres here
  5. 2017 Lilac Fire 4,081 acres in total 39 acres here
  6. 1937 Unnamed fire 119 acres in total 16 acres here
  7. 1987 Assist #38 Fire 226 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 9 acres here
  8. 1953 Pueblitos Canyon Fire 1,158 acres in total 3 acres here

  The most recent was the 2017 Lilac Fire, which burned 39 acres here. In all, 766 acres of Oceanside 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