ZIP code 95679

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 2,879 acres · State Responsibility Area 73%
  2. High 444 acres · State Responsibility Area 11%
  3. Moderate 37 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 557 acres · Mostly federal land 14%

  3,917 acres of land in all, 3,360 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 18 fires that burned here

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  1. 2020 Hennessey Fire 305,352 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,120 acres here
  2. 1998 Middle Fire 5,993 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,781 acres here
  3. 2003 40 Fire 1,057 acres in total · Cause: Arson 1,038 acres here
  4. 2019 Sand Fire 2,422 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 925 acres here
  5. 1974 Zumwalt Fire 796 acres in total 744 acres here
  6. 1972 Pocket Gulch Fire 10,431 acres in total 548 acres here
  7. 2009 Rumsey Fire 677 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 413 acres here
  8. 2005 Rumsey 2 Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 391 acres here
  9. 1970 Glascock Mtn. Fire 385 acres in total 378 acres here
  10. 1999 Rumsey Fire 2,995 acres in total 359 acres here

  And 8 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Creek West Fire, which burned 18 acres here. In all, 3,054 acres of ZIP code 95679 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