Ojai

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 1,679 acres · 8 state, 1,671 local 60%
  2. High 352 acres · Local Responsibility Area 13%
  3. Moderate 299 acres · Local Responsibility Area 11%
  4. Non-wildland 465 acres · Local Responsibility Area 17%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 2 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  2,798 acres of land in all, 8 in the State Responsibility Area and 2,787 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

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  1. 1917 Thatcher Fire 29,639 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,245 acres here
  2. 1948 Wheeler Springs Fire 22,499 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 319 acres here
  3. 1990 Foothill Fire 568 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 215 acres here
  4. 1985 Wheeler #2 Fire 122,687 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 208 acres here
  5. 2017 Thomas Fire 281,791 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 195 acres here
  6. 1912 Grand Avenue Fire 197 acres in total 185 acres here
  7. 1903 San Antonio Fire 380 acres in total 84 acres here
  8. 1949 Ventura Avenue Fire 53 acres in total 52 acres here
  9. 1959 Lyon Canyon Fire 257 acres in total 30 acres here
  10. 1959 Lyon Canyon Fire 257 acres in total 30 acres here

  And 5 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2023 Villanova Fire, which burned 13 acres here. In all, 1,442 acres of Ojai 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