Alpine County

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 14,157 acres · State Responsibility Area 3%
  2. High 14,454 acres · State Responsibility Area 3%
  3. Moderate 5,669 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 441,218 acres · Mostly federal land 93%

  475,500 acres of land in all, 34,281 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 78 fires that burned here

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  1. 2021 Tamarack Fire 67,055 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 52,138 acres here
  2. 2015 Washington Fire Cause: Lightning 17,780 acres here
  3. 2018 Donnell Fire 36,461 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 13,014 acres here
  4. 1947 Unnamed fire 14,395 acres in total 12,751 acres here
  5. 2020 Slink Fire 26,752 acres in total 12,722 acres here
  6. 1949 Unnamed fire 8,800 acres here
  7. 1987 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 6,348 acres here
  8. 2003 Mudd Fire Cause: Lightning 4,335 acres here
  9. 1984 Unnamed fire 16,668 acres in total · Cause: Arson 4,307 acres here
  10. 2017 Mccormick Fire 4,423 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,648 acres here

  And 68 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2023 Wolf Creek Fire, which burned 33 acres here. In all, 126,313 acres of Alpine County 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