ZIP code 93262

Tulare County, including Silver City

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Report created October 31, 2026 at www.firezones.org/zip/93262

Summary

  • Fire hazard severity zones

    Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

    1. Very High 374 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
    2. High 18 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
    3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 168,048 acres · Mostly federal land >99%

    168,441 acres of land in all, 393 of it in the State Responsibility Area. 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 90 fires that burned here

    1. 2021 Knp Complex 88,257 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 35,761 acres here
    2. 2020 Castle Fire 170,648 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8,723 acres here
    3. 2024 Coffee Pot Fire 14,104 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7,559 acres here
    4. 1988 Buckeye Fire Cause: Smoking 3,090 acres here
    5. 1996 Castle Co Fire Cause: Lightning 2,693 acres here
    6. 2023 Redwood Fire Cause: Lightning 2,245 acres here
    7. 2018 Eden Fire Cause: Lightning 1,778 acres here
    8. 1995 Castle Wf Fire Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 1,647 acres here
    9. 1996 Dorst Fire Cause: Lightning 1,458 acres here
    10. 2003 Paradise 2 Fire Cause: Lightning 1,297 acres here

    And 80 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2024 Coffee Pot Fire, which burned 7,559 acres here. In all, 62,861 acres of ZIP code 93262 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 93262

Neighboring ZIP codes

  1. 93262 <1% Very High · this area
  2. 93265 12% Very High
  3. 93271 47% 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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