Amador County

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 170,663 acres · 168,217 state, 2,447 local 44%
  2. High 108,548 acres · 103,450 state, 5,098 local 28%
  3. Moderate 16,695 acres · 16,090 state, 605 local 4%
  4. Non-wildland 690 acres · Local Responsibility Area <1%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 91,250 acres · Mostly federal land 24%

  387,846 acres of land in all, 287,756 in the State Responsibility Area and 8,840 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 116 fires that burned here

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  1. 1961 Rancheria Fire 34,104 acres here
  2. 2004 Power Fire Cause: Equipment use 16,981 acres here
  3. 1924 Pi Pi-Indian Digging Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 8,890 acres here
  4. 1917 Unnamed fire 10,058 acres in total 7,164 acres here
  5. 2015 Butte Fire 70,847 acres in total 3,572 acres here
  6. 1976 Quarry Fire 20,870 acres in total 2,619 acres here
  7. 2022 Electra Fire 4,466 acres in total 2,586 acres here
  8. 1968 Van Vleck Fire 2,665 acres in total 2,514 acres here
  9. 1924 Mokelumne River Fire 2,449 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,246 acres here
  10. 1917 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 2,051 acres here

  And 106 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Beaver Fire, which burned 15 acres here. In all, 96,965 acres of Amador 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