Sage

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 41,568 acres · State Responsibility Area 95%
  2. High 114 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  3. Moderate 418 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  4. Non-wildland 1 acre · Local Responsibility Area <1%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1,589 acres · Mostly federal land 4%

  43,689 acres of land in all, 42,100 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 51 fires that burned here

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  1. 1928 Unnamed fire 60,175 acres in total 19,263 acres here
  2. 1993 California Fire 24,434 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 4,581 acres here
  3. 2003 Mountain Fire 10,331 acres in total 3,801 acres here
  4. 1995 Stanley Fire 5,129 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 3,753 acres here
  5. 1997 Pauba Fire 7,101 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,229 acres here
  6. 2004 Melton Fire 3,693 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,126 acres here
  7. 1950 Rawson Fire 3,538 acres in total 3,040 acres here
  8. 1962 Rawson Fire 12,946 acres in total 2,713 acres here
  9. 2012 Buck Fire Cause: Lightning 2,637 acres here
  10. 2022 Fairview Fire 28,098 acres in total 1,923 acres here

  And 41 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Ignacio Fire, which burned 21 acres here. In all, 35,615 acres of Sage 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