ZIP code 95709

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 12,554 acres · State Responsibility Area 82%
  2. High 36 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  3. Moderate 3 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 2,683 acres · Mostly federal land 18%

  15,276 acres of land in all, 12,593 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 16 fires that burned here

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  1. 1985 8 Mile Fire 813 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 801 acres here
  2. 1970 Unnamed fire 1,455 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 291 acres here
  3. 1929 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 229 acres here
  4. 1958 Unnamed fire 1,170 acres in total 208 acres here
  5. 1924 Badger Hill Fire 638 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 202 acres here
  6. 1920 Hartwick Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 177 acres here
  7. 1920 American River Fire Cause: Lightning 173 acres here
  8. 1931 Unnamed fire 153 acres here
  9. 1931 Unnamed fire 242 acres in total 85 acres here
  10. 1929 Unnamed fire 330 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 64 acres here

  And 6 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2018 Myers Fire, which burned 10 acres here. In all, 2,171 acres of ZIP code 95709 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