Modoc County

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 295,277 acres · 292,300 state, 2,977 local 11%
  2. High 271,795 acres · 239,504 state, 32,292 local 10%
  3. Moderate 130,508 acres · 100,441 state, 30,067 local 5%
  4. Non-wildland 265,714 acres · Local Responsibility Area 10%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1,727,490 acres · Mostly federal land 64%

  2,690,785 acres of land in all, 632,244 in the State Responsibility Area and 331,051 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 624 fires that burned here

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  1. 1977 Scarface Fire 78,191 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 69,412 acres here
  2. 2017 Steele Fire Cause: Lightning 45,704 acres here
  3. 2018 Stone Fire Cause: Lightning 39,584 acres here
  4. 2020 Caldwell Fire 81,225 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 38,690 acres here
  5. 2012 Barry Point Fire 92,945 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 38,301 acres here
  6. 2017 Cove Fire Cause: Lightning 30,891 acres here
  7. 1999 Pine Fire 30,578 acres here
  8. 1951 Mears Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 29,523 acres here
  9. 1910 Glass Mountain Fire 146,968 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 25,129 acres here
  10. 1996 Damon/Long Fire Cause: Lightning 23,380 acres here

  And 614 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 S-14 Fire, which burned 44 acres here. In all, 651,767 acres of Modoc 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