ZIP code 95120

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 4,205 acres · State Responsibility Area 17%
  2. High 14,776 acres · 10,355 state, 4,422 local 58%
  3. Moderate 2,742 acres · 1,744 state, 998 local 11%
  4. Non-wildland 3,651 acres · Local Responsibility Area 14%

  25,374 acres of land in all, 16,304 in the State Responsibility Area and 9,070 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

  Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

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  1. 1961 Austrian Gulch Fire 9,071 acres in total 3,080 acres here
  2. 1989 Pg & E #2 Fire 583 acres here
  3. 1988 Almaden Fire 393 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 388 acres here
  4. 1989 P.g.&E. #2 Fire 304 acres in total 181 acres here
  5. 2016 Loma Fire 4,474 acres in total 133 acres here
  6. 1998 Curie Fire 321 acres in total · Cause: Arson 128 acres here
  7. 1985 Lexington Fire 13,128 acres in total · Cause: Arson 11 acres here

  The most recent was the 2016 Loma Fire, which burned 133 acres here. In all, 4,477 acres of ZIP code 95120 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