ZIP code 92823

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 4,402 acres · 2,474 state, 1,929 local 92%
  2. High 24 acres · Local Responsibility Area 1%
  3. Moderate 24 acres · Local Responsibility Area 1%
  4. Non-wildland 101 acres · Local Responsibility Area 2%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 208 acres · Mostly federal land 4%

  4,760 acres of land in all, 2,474 in the State Responsibility Area and 2,078 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 4,166 acres here
  2. 1978 Soquel Fire 3,934 acres in total 2,638 acres here
  3. 1990 Yorba Fire 7,884 acres in total 1,593 acres here
  4. 1985 Telegraph Fire 1,635 acres in total 1,255 acres here
  5. 1980 Carbon Fire 6,955 acres in total 1,097 acres here
  6. 1990 Carbon Canyon Fire 4,978 acres in total 711 acres here
  7. 1959 La Vida Fire 611 acres in total 601 acres here
  8. 2005 Yorba Linda Fire 1,079 acres in total · Cause: Playing with fire 589 acres here
  9. 1994 Carbon Fire 757 acres in total 166 acres here
  10. 1994 Wagon Fire 570 acres in total 134 acres here

  And 8 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2020 Blue Ridge Fire, which burned 5 acres here. In all, 4,389 acres of ZIP code 92823 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