Plumas County

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 358,963 acres · 354,328 state, 4,635 local 21%
  2. High 54,308 acres · 52,779 state, 1,528 local 3%
  3. Moderate 30,988 acres · 30,501 state, 487 local 2%
  4. Non-wildland 41,649 acres · Local Responsibility Area 2%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 1,186,647 acres · Mostly federal land 71%

  1,672,555 acres of land in all, 437,608 in the State Responsibility Area and 48,300 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 393 fires that burned here

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  1. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 699,771 acres here
  2. 2020 North Complex 318,797 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 166,531 acres here
  3. 2012 Chips Fire Cause: Campfire 76,344 acres here
  4. 2021 Sugar Fire 105,004 acres in total 67,789 acres here
  5. 2007 Moonlight Fire Cause: Equipment use 64,524 acres here
  6. 2000 Storrie Fire Cause: Railroad 55,771 acres here
  7. 2019 Walker Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 54,601 acres here
  8. 1999 Bucks Fire 34,236 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 27,877 acres here
  9. 1931 Unnamed fire 22,631 acres here
  10. 2007 Wheeler Fire Cause: Lightning 22,329 acres here

  And 383 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Island Fire, which burned 3 acres here. In all, 1,152,561 acres of Plumas 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