Verdi

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 666 acres · State Responsibility Area 25%
  2. High 776 acres · State Responsibility Area 29%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1,212 acres · Mostly federal land 46%

  2,654 acres of land in all, 1,442 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

  Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

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  1. 1994 Crystal Fire 7,392 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,954 acres here
  2. 1924 Unnamed fire 14,671 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,861 acres here
  3. 1941 Unnamed fire 1,665 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 406 acres here
  4. 2023 Hill Fire 53 acres in total 52 acres here
  5. 1980 Unnamed fire 35 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 20 acres here
  6. 2000 Unnamed fire 17 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 16 acres here
  7. 2019 Sunrise 2 Fire 5 acres here

  The most recent was the 2023 Hill Fire, which burned 52 acres here. In all, 2,287 acres of Verdi 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