ZIP code 96040

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 8,769 acres · State Responsibility Area 27%
  2. High 164 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  3. Moderate 22 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 24,053 acres · Mostly federal land 73%

  33,009 acres of land in all, 8,956 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. 1987 Lost Fire 22,781 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 13,221 acres here
  2. 2014 Eiler Fire 31,995 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 5,354 acres here
  3. 1920 Unnamed fire 7,672 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,100 acres here
  4. 2009 Sugarloaf Fire 9,354 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,920 acres here
  5. 2009 Brown Fire 1,833 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,315 acres here
  6. 1945 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 852 acres here
  7. 1917 Unnamed fire 793 acres in total 556 acres here
  8. 1992 Red Rock Fire 661 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 550 acres here
  9. 1910 Unnamed fire 18,929 acres in total 463 acres here
  10. 1949 Unnamed fire 398 acres here

  And 7 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Dixie Fire, which burned 300 acres here. In all, 25,729 acres of ZIP code 96040 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