Yucaipa

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 10,102 acres · 11 state, 10,091 local 56%
  2. High 942 acres · Local Responsibility Area 5%
  3. Moderate 858 acres · Local Responsibility Area 5%
  4. Non-wildland 6,181 acres · Local Responsibility Area 34%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 3 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  18,086 acres of land in all, 11 in the State Responsibility Area and 18,072 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 42 fires that burned here

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  1. 1993 Unnamed fire 5,582 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,892 acres here
  2. 1924 Unnamed fire 4,369 acres in total 1,217 acres here
  3. 2020 El Dorado Fire 22,504 acres in total 1,190 acres here
  4. 2009 Pendleton Fire Cause: Arson 839 acres here
  5. 1920 Unnamed fire 457 acres in total 449 acres here
  6. 1921 Unnamed fire 950 acres in total 374 acres here
  7. 1959 Pendleton Fire 338 acres in total 334 acres here
  8. 1997 Wildwood Fire 819 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 320 acres here
  9. 1970 Casco #2 Fire 6,234 acres in total 316 acres here
  10. 1958 Hunt Fire 764 acres in total 304 acres here

  And 32 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2020 El Dorado Fire, which burned 1,190 acres here. In all, 6,897 acres of Yucaipa 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