Walker

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 2,035 acres · State Responsibility Area 26%
  2. High 2,965 acres · State Responsibility Area 38%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 2,778 acres · Mostly federal land 36%

  7,777 acres of land in all, 5,000 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 12 fires that burned here

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  1. 2002 Cannon Fire 26,684 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 3,477 acres here
  2. 2020 Mountain View Fire 20,375 acres in total 2,504 acres here
  3. 1974 Unnamed fire 2,112 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 1,461 acres here
  4. 2020 Slink Fire 26,752 acres in total 453 acres here
  5. 1974 Unnamed fire 662 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 219 acres here
  6. 1947 Unnamed fire 145 acres here
  7. 1956 Unnamed fire Cause: Smoking 122 acres here
  8. 2000 Unnamed fire 1,528 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 46 acres here
  9. 1970 Unnamed fire 63 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 42 acres here
  10. 2019 Pinenut Fire Cause: Lightning 12 acres here

  And 2 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2020 Mountain View Fire, which burned 2,504 acres here. In all, 5,996 acres of Walker 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