Palm Desert

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Report created October 31, 2026 at www.firezones.org/community/55184/palm-desert

  • Fire hazard severity zones

    Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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    1. High 13 acres · Local Responsibility Area <1%
    2. Moderate 2,596 acres · Local Responsibility Area 15%
    3. Non-wildland 14,561 acres · Local Responsibility Area 84%
    4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 98 acres · Mostly federal land 1%

    17,268 acres of land in all, 17,170 of it in the Local 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

    Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

    No recorded fires

    CAL FIRE has no record of a fire that burned an acre or more here.

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Nearby areas

ZIP codes in Palm Desert

Neighboring communities

  1. Palm Desert 15% Moderate · <1% High · this area
  2. Bermuda Dunes No hazard zones
  3. Desert Palms 12% Moderate
  4. Indian Wells 35% High
  5. Indio 22% Moderate
  6. La Quinta 21% Moderate · 1% High
  7. Rancho Mirage 28% Moderate
  8. Thousand Palms 38% Moderate

Sources

Fire hazard severity zones
CAL FIRE Office of the State Fire Marshal
State map published June 27, 2025, local map February 2, 2026
Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published July 28, 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data