ZIP code 96015

Modoc County, including Canby

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Report created October 31, 2026 at www.firezones.org/zip/96015

Summary

  • Fire hazard severity zones

    Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

    1. Very High 9,834 acres · 9,493 state, 341 local 6%
    2. High 29,788 acres · 26,957 state, 2,831 local 19%
    3. Moderate 5,908 acres · 5,359 state, 549 local 4%
    4. Non-wildland 7,303 acres · Local Responsibility Area 5%
    5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 102,733 acres · Mostly federal land 66%

    155,566 acres of land in all, 41,809 in the State Responsibility Area and 11,024 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 39 fires that burned here

    1. 2018 Stone Fire 39,584 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 29,559 acres here
    2. 1979 Happy Fire 2,827 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,463 acres here
    3. 2014 Gulch Fire 1,397 acres in total · Cause: Railroad 634 acres here
    4. 2012 Antelope Fire Cause: Lightning 622 acres here
    5. 1955 Howards Gulch Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 515 acres here
    6. 1929 Page Place Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 427 acres here
    7. 1960 Unnamed fire 4,774 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 376 acres here
    8. 2016 Howard Fire 380 acres in total · Cause: Railroad 246 acres here
    9. 1950 Baggett Gulch Fire 3,941 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 236 acres here
    10. 1991 Graves Fire Cause: Equipment use 136 acres here

    And 29 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 4-1 Washington Fire, which burned 20 acres here. In all, 33,910 acres of ZIP code 96015 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

Nearby areas

Communities in ZIP code 96015

Neighboring ZIP codes

  1. 96015 6% Very High · this area
  2. 96054 9% Very High
  3. 96101 13% Very High

Sources

Fire hazard severity zones
CAL FIRE Office of the State Fire Marshal
State map published June 27, 2025, local map February 2, 2026
Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published July 28, 2026

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