Rio del Mar

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Report created October 31, 2026 at www.firezones.org/community/60928/rio-del-mar

  • Fire hazard severity zones

    Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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    1. High 146 acres · 1 state, 145 local 8%
    2. Moderate 415 acres · Local Responsibility Area 21%
    3. Non-wildland 1,356 acres · Local Responsibility Area 70%
    4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 17 acres · Mostly federal land 1%

    1,934 acres of land in all, 1 in the State Responsibility Area and 1,917 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

    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 Rio del Mar

Neighboring communities

  1. Rio del Mar 8% High · this area
  2. Aptos 59% High
  3. Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley 14% Very High
  4. La Selva Beach 61% High
  5. Seacliff 36% 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