ZIP code 95637

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 12,958 acres · State Responsibility Area 48%
  2. High 455 acres · State Responsibility Area 2%
  3. Moderate 2,183 acres · State Responsibility Area 8%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 11,461 acres · Mostly federal land 42%

  27,058 acres of land in all, 15,597 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 21 fires that burned here

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  1. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 22,387 acres here
  2. 1972 Pocket Gulch Fire 10,431 acres in total 9,859 acres here
  3. 2004 Rumsey Fire 38,763 acres in total · Cause: Arson 5,119 acres here
  4. 2018 County Fire 89,831 acres in total 5,029 acres here
  5. 1999 Sixteen Fire 37,893 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,332 acres here
  6. 1999 Rumsey Fire 2,995 acres in total 2,635 acres here
  7. 2002 Sixteen Fire 1,514 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,385 acres here
  8. 2015 Jerusalem Fire 25,118 acres in total 1,309 acres here
  9. 1951 R.haswell Fire 1,196 acres in total 1,161 acres here
  10. 2019 Sand Fire 2,422 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 722 acres here

  And 11 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2020 Hennessey Fire, which burned 22,387 acres here. In all, 23,644 acres of ZIP code 95637 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