ZIP code 96016

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 9,232 acres · State Responsibility Area 33%
  2. High 1,024 acres · State Responsibility Area 4%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 17,394 acres · Mostly federal land 63%

  27,650 acres of land in all, 10,256 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 20 fires that burned here

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  1. 1920 Unnamed fire 7,499 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 5,898 acres here
  2. 1920 Unnamed fire 7,672 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,572 acres here
  3. 1910 Unnamed fire 18,929 acres in total 3,160 acres here
  4. 1924 Unnamed fire 3,763 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,325 acres here
  5. 1944 Unnamed fire 2,371 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,777 acres here
  6. 2008 Venture Fire 1,911 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,216 acres here
  7. 1928 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 338 acres here
  8. 1920 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 319 acres here
  9. 1941 Unnamed fire 295 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 274 acres here
  10. 1987 Lost Fire 22,781 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 191 acres here

  And 10 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2014 Eiler Fire, which burned 119 acres here. In all, 17,680 acres of ZIP code 96016 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