ZIP code 96046

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 13,123 acres · State Responsibility Area 15%
  2. High 1,623 acres · State Responsibility Area 2%
  3. Moderate 8 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 75,604 acres · Mostly federal land 84%

  90,358 acres of land in all, 14,753 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 47 fires that burned here

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  1. 1987 Cold Fire 16,146 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 15,477 acres here
  2. 2015 Castle Fire Cause: Campfire 14,186 acres here
  3. 2008 Lime Fire 24,885 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 12,821 acres here
  4. 2015 Pattison Fire 12,917 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 8,159 acres here
  5. 1987 Gulch Fire Cause: Lightning 6,581 acres here
  6. 1987 Bear Fire Cause: Lightning 4,933 acres here
  7. 2015 Pelletreau Fire Cause: Lightning 4,104 acres here
  8. 1987 Jessie Fire Cause: Lightning 3,235 acres here
  9. 2015 Johnson Fire 17,821 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,433 acres here
  10. 1920 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 2,111 acres here

  And 37 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Monument Fire, which burned 494 acres here. In all, 64,831 acres of ZIP code 96046 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