ZIP code 93517

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 2,104 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  2. High 28,790 acres · State Responsibility Area 13%
  3. Moderate 13,624 acres · State Responsibility Area 6%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 175,154 acres · Mostly federal land 80%

  219,671 acres of land in all, 44,517 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 15 fires that burned here

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  1. 2018 Boot Fire 6,972 acres in total 4,490 acres here
  2. 1996 Mt. Jackson Fire Cause: Lightning 856 acres here
  3. 2010 Potato Fire Cause: Lightning 632 acres here
  4. 2015 Van Dyke Fire 512 acres here
  5. 1990 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 381 acres here
  6. 1999 Unnamed fire Cause: Smoking 246 acres here
  7. 1973 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 189 acres here
  8. 2002 Cannon Fire 26,684 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 154 acres here
  9. 1985 Unnamed fire Cause: Playing with fire 88 acres here
  10. 2015 Green Creek Fire Cause: Vehicle 27 acres here

  And 5 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2020 Murphy Fire, which burned 12 acres here. In all, 7,282 acres of ZIP code 93517 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