Vandenberg AFB

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 314 acres · State Responsibility Area 2%
  2. High 13 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  3. Moderate 1 acre · State Responsibility Area <1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 14,058 acres · Mostly federal land 98%

  14,387 acres of land in all, 329 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

  The 10 largest of 26 fires that burned here

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  1. 2000 Harris Fire 9,330 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,153 acres here
  2. 1957 Unnamed fire 859 acres here
  3. 1997 Azalea Fire 1,351 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 732 acres here
  4. 1968 Unnamed fire 615 acres here
  5. 2009 Highway Fire Cause: Power lines 562 acres here
  6. 1940 Unnamed fire 211 acres here
  7. 1957 Unnamed fire 187 acres here
  8. 1952 Unnamed fire 134 acres here
  9. 1979 Unnamed fire 125 acres here
  10. 2016 Washington Fire 226 acres in total 124 acres here

  And 16 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2016 Washington Fire, which burned 124 acres here. In all, 5,259 acres of Vandenberg AFB 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