ZIP code 95956

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 4,100 acres · State Responsibility Area 10%
  2. High 484 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  3. Moderate 120 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 34,930 acres · Mostly federal land 88%

  39,634 acres of land in all, 4,705 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 17 fires that burned here

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  1. 2020 North Complex 318,797 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 11,173 acres here
  2. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 2,617 acres here
  3. 1999 Lookout Fire 2,615 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,653 acres here
  4. 1926 Unnamed fire 3,646 acres in total 1,249 acres here
  5. 1926 Unnamed fire 2,397 acres in total 739 acres here
  6. 2009 Silver Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 308 acres here
  7. 2008 Scotch Fire 13,008 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 301 acres here
  8. 1932 Unnamed fire 212 acres here
  9. 1971 Unnamed fire Cause: Debris burning 140 acres here
  10. 1920 Unnamed fire 230 acres in total 131 acres here

  And 7 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Dixie Fire, which burned 2,617 acres here. In all, 16,308 acres of ZIP code 95956 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