Piñon Hills

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 3,038 acres · State Responsibility Area 15%
  2. High 7,570 acres · State Responsibility Area 37%
  3. Moderate 9,918 acres · 9,917 state, 1 local 48%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 30 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  20,556 acres of land in all, 20,525 in the State Responsibility Area and 1 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. 1994 Scout Fire 3,488 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 1,204 acres here
  2. 1942 Mundorf No. 172 Fire 3,190 acres in total 476 acres here
  3. 2024 Bridge Fire 55,724 acres in total 278 acres here
  4. 1960 Outside Origin #1 Fire 7,338 acres in total 274 acres here
  5. 1925 Unnamed fire 791 acres in total 214 acres here
  6. 1960 Unnamed fire 195 acres here
  7. 1947 Unnamed fire 166 acres in total 133 acres here
  8. 2004 Spring Fire Cause: Equipment use 70 acres here
  9. 2012 Oasis Fire 58 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 53 acres here
  10. 1949 Unnamed fire 84 acres in total 20 acres here

  And 3 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2024 Bridge Fire, which burned 278 acres here. In all, 2,409 acres of Piñon Hills 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