ZIP code 95248

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 16,700 acres · State Responsibility Area 82%
  2. High 296 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 3,316 acres · Mostly federal land 16%

  20,312 acres of land in all, 16,996 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

  Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

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  1. 1988 Bridge Fire Cause: Arson 6,686 acres here
  2. 1996 Lightning #14 Fire Cause: Lightning 2,645 acres here
  3. 1988 Mason Fire 4,050 acres in total · Cause: Arson 2,022 acres here
  4. 1952 Swiss Fire 1,360 acres here
  5. 1985 Summit Fire 176 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 162 acres here
  6. 1971 Silver Mtn. Fire Cause: Arson 111 acres here
  7. 2015 Butte Fire 70,847 acres in total 6 acres here
  8. 1989 Loma Fire 449 acres in total 2 acres here

  The most recent was the 2015 Butte Fire, which burned 6 acres here. In all, 11,764 acres of ZIP code 95248 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