Susanville

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 566 acres · 56 state, 510 local 11%
  2. High 1,303 acres · 87 state, 1,215 local 25%
  3. Moderate 381 acres · 19 state, 362 local 7%
  4. Non-wildland 2,261 acres · Local Responsibility Area 44%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 612 acres · Mostly federal land 12%

  5,122 acres of land in all, 162 in the State Responsibility Area and 4,348 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. 2006 Cheney Incident Fire 647 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 34 acres here

  In all, 34 acres of Susanville 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