Yuba County

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 119,409 acres · State Responsibility Area 29%
  2. High 70,739 acres · 69,145 state, 1,594 local 17%
  3. Moderate 36,988 acres · 21,367 state, 15,621 local 9%
  4. Non-wildland 115,020 acres · Local Responsibility Area 28%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 70,013 acres · Mostly federal land 17%

  412,169 acres of land in all, 209,921 in the State Responsibility Area and 132,234 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 240 fires that burned here

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  1. 1999 Pendola Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 12,324 acres here
  2. 2017 Cascade Fire 16,141 acres in total 12,221 acres here
  3. 1997 Williams Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 5,834 acres here
  4. 1950 Camp Beale #2 Fire 4,886 acres here
  5. 1960 Carmichael #2 Fire 4,366 acres here
  6. 1961 Capehart Fire 3,302 acres here
  7. 1959 Unnamed fire 18,522 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,287 acres here
  8. 2009 Yuba Fire 3,829 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 2,991 acres here
  9. 1953 Sugar Loaf Fire 2,601 acres here
  10. 1979 Roadside #70 Fire 2,400 acres here

  And 230 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Tanabe Fire, which burned 40 acres here. In all, 85,505 acres of Yuba 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