ZIP code 92596

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 23,313 acres · 20,445 state, 2,868 local 63%
  2. High 2,386 acres · 1,348 state, 1,038 local 6%
  3. Moderate 5,965 acres · 4,920 state, 1,044 local 16%
  4. Non-wildland 5,091 acres · Local Responsibility Area 14%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 323 acres · Mostly federal land 1%

  37,077 acres of land in all, 26,713 in the State Responsibility Area and 10,042 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 24 fires that burned here

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  1. 1993 California Fire 24,434 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 14,381 acres here
  2. 1962 Rawson Fire 12,946 acres in total 4,256 acres here
  3. 1988 Benton Fire 1,784 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 1,565 acres here
  4. 2018 Patterson Fire Cause: Equipment use 1,259 acres here
  5. 1979 Rawson Fire 1,000 acres here
  6. 1987 Winchester#1 Fire 1,098 acres in total 964 acres here
  7. 1979 Olive Fire 566 acres here
  8. 1979 Double Butte #2 Fire 628 acres in total 514 acres here
  9. 1979 Skinner Fire 798 acres in total 421 acres here
  10. 2012 Vista Fire Cause: Equipment use 403 acres here

  And 14 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2018 Patterson Fire, which burned 1,259 acres here. In all, 16,909 acres of ZIP code 92596 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