Temecula

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 7,125 acres · 2 state, 7,123 local 30%
  2. High 1,732 acres · 1 state, 1,731 local 7%
  3. Moderate 1,049 acres · Local Responsibility Area 4%
  4. Non-wildland 12,634 acres · Local Responsibility Area 53%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1,251 acres · Mostly federal land 5%

  23,790 acres of land in all, 3 in the State Responsibility Area and 22,536 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

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  1. 1969 Unnamed fire 19,513 acres in total 4,655 acres here
  2. 1981 Series 79 #1 Fire 491 acres in total 412 acres here
  3. 1979 Unnamed fire 461 acres in total 340 acres here
  4. 1981 Unnamed fire 279 acres here
  5. 1938 Unnamed fire 657 acres in total 274 acres here
  6. 1996 Pechanga Fire 1,912 acres in total 266 acres here
  7. 1979 Rancho Fire 369 acres in total 259 acres here
  8. 2016 Temecula Fire 140 acres in total 94 acres here
  9. 1979 Unnamed fire 230 acres in total 94 acres here
  10. 1995 Rosa Fire 127 acres in total 82 acres here

  And 8 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2016 Checkpoint Fire, which burned 10 acres here. In all, 6,580 acres of Temecula 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