Sunol

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 2,170 acres · State Responsibility Area 12%
  2. High 7,733 acres · 7,728 state, 5 local 42%
  3. Moderate 8,397 acres · 8,394 state, 2 local 46%

  18,300 acres of land in all, 18,292 in the State Responsibility Area and 8 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

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  1. 2005 Koopman Fire Cause: Arson 394 acres here
  2. 1958 Overacker Fire 289 acres in total 119 acres here
  3. 1998 Vallecitos Fire Cause: Arson 70 acres here
  4. 2020 Scu Lightning Complex 396,824 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 21 acres here
  5. 2022 Canyon Fire 50 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 11 acres here

  The most recent was the 2022 Canyon Fire, which burned 11 acres here. In all, 615 acres of Sunol 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