ZIP code 95545

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 6,668 acres · State Responsibility Area 8%
  2. High 51,316 acres · State Responsibility Area 59%
  3. Moderate 1,728 acres · State Responsibility Area 2%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 27,264 acres · Mostly federal land 31%

  86,976 acres of land in all, 59,712 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 28 fires that burned here

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  1. 2003 Honeydew Fire 11,794 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8,126 acres here
  2. 2003 Canoe Fire 11,044 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,479 acres here
  3. 1955 C. Johnson Fire 4,230 acres here
  4. 1964 Mattole Fire 16,493 acres in total 4,024 acres here
  5. 1990 Kings Fire 3,043 acres here
  6. 1975 Cookie Fire 1,831 acres in total 1,664 acres here
  7. 1950 Edward Helm Fire 5,047 acres in total 1,508 acres here
  8. 1977 Lightning Series #2 Fire 1,117 acres here
  9. 1959 County Roadside #13 Fire 1,077 acres here
  10. 1980 Mann Fire 797 acres here

  And 18 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2016 Panther Fire, which burned 8 acres here. In all, 27,082 acres of ZIP code 95545 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