Phelan

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 4,762 acres · State Responsibility Area 12%
  2. High 5,481 acres · State Responsibility Area 14%
  3. Moderate 28,203 acres · 28,202 state, 2 local 73%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 13 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  38,459 acres of land in all, 38,445 in the State Responsibility Area and 2 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 16 fires that burned here

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  1. 1959 Sand Stone Fire 12,061 acres in total 6,793 acres here
  2. 1942 Unnamed fire 5,787 acres here
  3. 1945 Unnamed fire 8,389 acres in total 4,905 acres here
  4. 1942 Unnamed fire 2,670 acres here
  5. 2015 North Fire 4,249 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,368 acres here
  6. 1999 Turtle Fire 3,396 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,502 acres here
  7. 2016 Blue Cut Fire 36,267 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 944 acres here
  8. 1960 Outside Origin #1 Fire 7,338 acres in total 927 acres here
  9. 1983 White Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 597 acres here
  10. 1958 Sheep Creek Series Fire 409 acres here

  And 6 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2024 Johnson Fire, which burned 67 acres here. In all, 15,766 acres of Phelan 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