ZIP code 93923

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 63,472 acres · 62,335 state, 1,137 local 49%
  2. High 20,202 acres · 18,713 state, 1,488 local 16%
  3. Moderate 396 acres · 72 state, 324 local <1%
  4. Non-wildland 251 acres · Local Responsibility Area <1%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 45,645 acres · Mostly federal land 35%

  129,966 acres of land in all, 81,121 in the State Responsibility Area and 3,201 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 34 fires that burned here

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  1. 2016 Soberanes Fire 132,104 acres in total · Cause: Campfire 70,023 acres here
  2. 2008 Gallery Fire 163,607 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 43,189 acres here
  3. 1977 Marble-Cone Fire 173,333 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 34,625 acres here
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire 54,480 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 31,243 acres here
  5. 1954 Devil Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 13,094 acres here
  6. 1999 Kirk Fire 85,835 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 11,809 acres here
  7. 1913 Unnamed fire 11,768 acres in total 10,439 acres here
  8. 1933 Unnamed fire 7,429 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 6,491 acres here
  9. 1911 Unnamed fire 3,215 acres in total 3,006 acres here
  10. 1996 Sur Fire 4,407 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,905 acres here

  And 24 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Vasquez Fire, which burned 2 acres here. In all, 90,040 acres of ZIP code 93923 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