Ventura

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

  Map
  1. Very High 2,855 acres · 15 state, 2,840 local 20%
  2. High 1,049 acres · Local Responsibility Area 7%
  3. Moderate 712 acres · 1 state, 710 local 5%
  4. Non-wildland 9,553 acres · Local Responsibility Area 67%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 91 acres · Mostly federal land 1%

  14,260 acres of land in all, 16 in the State Responsibility Area and 14,153 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 18 fires that burned here

  Map
  1. 2017 Thomas Fire 281,791 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,546 acres here
  2. 1970 Foothill Fire 4,730 acres in total 816 acres here
  3. 1956 Sexton Fire 2,826 acres in total 554 acres here
  4. 1943 Sanjon Barranca Fire 1,039 acres in total 409 acres here
  5. 2005 School Incident Fire 3,892 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 378 acres here
  6. 1996 Poli Fire 362 acres in total 141 acres here
  7. 1992 Seneca Fire 529 acres in total 59 acres here
  8. 1935 Ventura Avenue Fire 53 acres in total 47 acres here
  9. 1938 Ventura River Fire 286 acres in total 32 acres here
  10. 1996 Ondulando Fire 402 acres in total 20 acres here

  And 8 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Olivas Fire, which burned 15 acres here. In all, 1,830 acres of Ventura 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