Madera County

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 124,043 acres · State Responsibility Area 9%
  2. High 219,338 acres · 218,005 state, 1,333 local 16%
  3. Moderate 68,271 acres · 35,650 state, 32,621 local 5%
  4. Non-wildland 452,143 acres · Local Responsibility Area 33%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 514,034 acres · Mostly federal land 37%

  1,377,830 acres of land in all, 377,698 in the State Responsibility Area and 486,098 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 305 fires that burned here

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  1. 2020 Creek Fire 379,842 acres in total 188,079 acres here
  2. 1939 Unnamed fire 35,335 acres in total 32,987 acres here
  3. 1961 Harlow Fire 43,331 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 32,836 acres here
  4. 1922 Unnamed fire 24,984 acres here
  5. 1923 Unnamed fire 24,116 acres here
  6. 2014 French Fire Cause: Campfire 13,824 acres here
  7. 2018 Lions Fire Cause: Lightning 13,461 acres here
  8. 1911 Unnamed fire 11,239 acres here
  9. 1936 Unnamed fire 10,674 acres here
  10. 1924 Unnamed fire 10,300 acres here

  And 295 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 1-4 Fire, which burned 127 acres here. In all, 417,565 acres of Madera 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