ZIP code 95422

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 15,076 acres · 9,671 state, 5,405 local 64%
  2. High 1,464 acres · 55 state, 1,409 local 6%
  3. Moderate 989 acres · Local Responsibility Area 4%
  4. Non-wildland 5,334 acres · Local Responsibility Area 23%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 829 acres · Mostly federal land 4%

  23,693 acres of land in all, 9,726 in the State Responsibility Area and 13,137 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 19 fires that burned here

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  1. 1981 Sulphur Bank Fire 4,568 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,196 acres here
  2. 2017 Sulpher Fire 2,206 acres in total 1,925 acres here
  3. 1992 Borax Fire 1,865 acres here
  4. 1967 39th Street Fire 3,399 acres in total 1,016 acres here
  5. 1951 Unnamed fire 1,009 acres in total 962 acres here
  6. 2012 Wye Fire 2,831 acres in total 863 acres here
  7. 1981 Schoolteacher Hill Fire Cause: Arson 551 acres here
  8. 1950 Edna Jone Fire 1,124 acres in total 520 acres here
  9. 1961 Dump #2 (Highlands) Fire 608 acres in total 516 acres here
  10. 1957 Konocti Fire 438 acres here

  And 9 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Lake Fire, which burned 398 acres here. In all, 8,315 acres of ZIP code 95422 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