ZIP code 92821

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 5,210 acres · 3,190 state, 2,020 local 57%
  2. High 258 acres · Local Responsibility Area 3%
  3. Moderate 248 acres · Local Responsibility Area 3%
  4. Non-wildland 3,343 acres · Local Responsibility Area 37%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 3 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  9,062 acres of land in all, 3,190 in the State Responsibility Area and 5,869 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 18 fires that burned here

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  1. 2008 Freeway Fire 30,305 acres in total · Cause: Vehicle 3,526 acres here
  2. 1980 Carbon Fire 6,955 acres in total 3,021 acres here
  3. 1990 Carbon Canyon Fire 4,978 acres in total 1,379 acres here
  4. 1930 Unnamed fire 733 acres in total 633 acres here
  5. 1994 Carbon Fire 757 acres in total 591 acres here
  6. 2011 Carbon Canyon Fire 508 acres in total 448 acres here
  7. 1994 Wagon Fire 570 acres in total 438 acres here
  8. 1978 Soquel Fire 3,934 acres in total 389 acres here
  9. 1976 Tonner Fire 203 acres here
  10. 1970 Tonner Fire 65 acres in total 64 acres here

  And 8 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Niguel Fire, which burned 22 acres here. In all, 3,684 acres of ZIP code 92821 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