ZIP code 95720

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 14,303 acres · State Responsibility Area 14%
  2. High 1,023 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  3. Moderate 1 acre · State Responsibility Area <1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 84,659 acres · Mostly federal land 85%

  99,986 acres of land in all, 15,327 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 43 fires that burned here

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  1. 2021 Caldor Fire 221,786 acres in total 33,012 acres here
  2. 1932 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 7,436 acres here
  3. 2004 Freds Fire 7,558 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 5,548 acres here
  4. 1973 Pilliken Fire 10,316 acres in total · Cause: Arson 3,266 acres here
  5. 1959 Ice House(Usfs #8) Fire 19,099 acres in total 2,493 acres here
  6. 2019 Caples Fire 3,442 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 2,238 acres here
  7. 1992 Cleveland Fire 22,519 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,167 acres here
  8. 1981 Wrights Fire 3,843 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,030 acres here
  9. 2013 Kyburz Fire 571 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 492 acres here
  10. 2011 Long Fire Cause: Lightning 483 acres here

  And 33 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Caldor Fire, which burned 33,012 acres here. In all, 42,320 acres of ZIP code 95720 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