Perris

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 4,954 acres · 2 state, 4,952 local 24%
  2. High 479 acres · Local Responsibility Area 2%
  3. Moderate 454 acres · 1 state, 453 local 2%
  4. Non-wildland 14,147 acres · Local Responsibility Area 70%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 237 acres · Mostly federal land 1%

  20,270 acres of land in all, 3 in the State Responsibility Area and 20,030 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 13 fires that burned here

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  1. 1979 Sophie Fire 1,111 acres in total 788 acres here
  2. 1979 Unnamed fire 297 acres in total 280 acres here
  3. 1980 Unnamed fire 602 acres in total 189 acres here
  4. 1979 Unnamed fire 157 acres in total 142 acres here
  5. 1983 Goetz Series Fire 332 acres in total · Cause: Arson 116 acres here
  6. 2012 Freeway Fire 98 acres in total 97 acres here
  7. 2011 Garza Fire 167 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 87 acres here
  8. 1994 Dump Fire 59 acres here
  9. 1958 Yeager Fire 1,145 acres in total 33 acres here
  10. 1979 Yucca #2 Fire 421 acres in total 29 acres here

  And 3 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2012 Freeway Fire, which burned 97 acres here. In all, 1,698 acres of Perris 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