ZIP code 95963

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 20,155 acres · State Responsibility Area 9%
  2. High 70,136 acres · 58,907 state, 11,229 local 33%
  3. Moderate 6,557 acres · 1,739 state, 4,818 local 3%
  4. Non-wildland 91,668 acres · Local Responsibility Area 43%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 25,141 acres · Mostly federal land 12%

  213,657 acres of land in all, 80,801 in the State Responsibility Area and 107,715 in the Local. 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 19 fires that burned here

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  1. 2020 August Complex 1,032,700 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 21,248 acres here
  2. 1952 Sevier Fire 4,877 acres in total 2,679 acres here
  3. 1932 Grindstone Fire 2,198 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,548 acres here
  4. 1968 Lightning #3 Fire 835 acres here
  5. 1968 Watson Canyon Fire 706 acres here
  6. 1922 Grindstone Fire 39,806 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 585 acres here
  7. 1981 Barco Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 522 acres here
  8. 1959 Knutsen Fire 382 acres here
  9. 1943 Mellon Fire 366 acres here
  10. 1936 Stephens Fire 319 acres here

  And 9 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2024 203 Fire, which burned 5 acres here. In all, 26,814 acres of ZIP code 95963 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