Pala

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 322 acres · State Responsibility Area 9%
  2. High 11 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  3. Moderate 4 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 3,233 acres · Mostly federal land 91%

  3,571 acres of land in all, 338 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 21 fires that burned here

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  1. 1953 Unnamed fire 9,226 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 785 acres here
  2. 1942 Unnamed fire 7,082 acres in total 446 acres here
  3. 1968 Magee Fire 2,333 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 418 acres here
  4. 1958 Pala Fire 1,682 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 401 acres here
  5. 1942 Unnamed fire 1,260 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 271 acres here
  6. 1997 Pala Fire 458 acres in total 111 acres here
  7. 1919 Unnamed fire 113 acres in total 105 acres here
  8. 1981 Pala #3 Fire Cause: Playing with fire 104 acres here
  9. 1980 Pala Fire 106 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 101 acres here
  10. 1923 Unnamed fire 530 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 94 acres here

  And 11 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Henderson Fire, which burned 34 acres here. In all, 2,105 acres of Pala 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