Sierra City

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 809 acres · State Responsibility Area 59%
  2. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 568 acres · Mostly federal land 41%

  1,377 acres of land in all, 809 of it in the State Responsibility Area. 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

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  1. 1954 Unnamed fire 2,340 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 248 acres here
  2. 1990 Buttes Fire 240 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 79 acres here
  3. 1926 Unnamed fire 408 acres in total 46 acres here
  4. 2016 Sacred Fire 23 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 22 acres here
  5. 1950 Chipps Fire 90 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 2 acres here

  The most recent was the 2016 Sacred Fire, which burned 22 acres here. In all, 376 acres of Sierra City 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