ZIP code 92028

San Diego County, including Fallbrook, Rainbow, Oceanside and others

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Report created October 31, 2026 at www.firezones.org/zip/92028

Summary

  • Fire hazard severity zones

    Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

    1. Very High 48,668 acres · 47,234 state, 1,434 local 65%
    2. High 10,050 acres · 9,569 state, 480 local 13%
    3. Moderate 720 acres · 236 state, 484 local 1%
    4. Non-wildland 3,652 acres · Local Responsibility Area 5%
    5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 11,731 acres · Mostly federal land 16%

    74,821 acres of land in all, 57,040 in the State Responsibility Area and 6,050 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 93 fires that burned here

    1. 1945 Unnamed fire 37,888 acres in total 10,754 acres here
    2. 2007 Rice Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 9,469 acres here
    3. 1949 Unnamed fire 13,786 acres in total 9,424 acres here
    4. 1949 Unnamed fire 10,700 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 7,754 acres here
    5. 1975 Tenaja Fire 10,162 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 6,389 acres here
    6. 2014 Tomahawk Fire 5,365 acres in total 5,191 acres here
    7. 2002 Gavilan Fire 5,663 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 3,924 acres here
    8. 1911 Unnamed fire 4,820 acres in total 3,806 acres here
    9. 1942 Unnamed fire 7,082 acres in total 3,620 acres here
    10. 1926 Unnamed fire 3,393 acres in total 2,949 acres here

    And 83 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Sandia 2 Fire, which burned 23 acres here. In all, 47,054 acres of ZIP code 92028 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

Nearby areas

Communities in ZIP code 92028

Neighboring ZIP codes

  1. 92028 65% Very High · this area
  2. 92003 63% Very High
  3. 92026 74% Very High
  4. 92055 <1% Very High
  5. 92057 7% High · 4% Very High
  6. 92058 6% Very High
  7. 92059 50% Very High
  8. 92082 76% Very High
  9. 92562 41% Very High
  10. 92590 87% Very High
  11. 92592 59% Very High

Sources

Fire hazard severity zones
CAL FIRE Office of the State Fire Marshal
State map published June 27, 2025, local map February 2, 2026
Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published July 28, 2026

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