Topaz

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 1,040 acres · 403 state, 637 local 12%
  2. High 548 acres · Local Responsibility Area 6%
  3. Moderate 3,886 acres · Local Responsibility Area 45%
  4. Non-wildland 2,589 acres · Local Responsibility Area 30%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 537 acres · Mostly federal land 6%

  8,600 acres of land in all, 403 in the State Responsibility Area and 7,660 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. 2017 Slinkard Fire 8,924 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 459 acres here
  2. 2004 Gates Complex 8,905 acres in total 454 acres here
  3. 1955 Unnamed fire 207 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 204 acres here
  4. 1951 Unnamed fire 165 acres here
  5. 1972 Unnamed fire 156 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 138 acres here
  6. 1964 Unnamed fire 368 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 64 acres here
  7. 1996 Unnamed fire 49 acres here
  8. 1943 Unnamed fire 633 acres in total 2 acres here

  The most recent was the 2017 Slinkard Fire, which burned 459 acres here. In all, 636 acres of Topaz 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