ZIP code 96074

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 24,409 acres · State Responsibility Area 42%
  2. High 24,133 acres · State Responsibility Area 41%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 9,637 acres · Mostly federal land 17%

  58,179 acres of land in all, 48,542 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 14 fires that burned here

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  1. 2020 August Complex 1,032,700 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 9,381 acres here
  2. 2000 Weinstein Fire 8,284 acres in total · Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 7,031 acres here
  3. 2008 Whiskey Fire 7,783 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,826 acres here
  4. 1932 Elder Creek Fire Cause: Equipment use 2,719 acres here
  5. 1999 Pellows Fire Cause: Equipment use 634 acres here
  6. 1964 Davies #2 Fire 489 acres here
  7. 1952 Wilder Fire Cause: Debris burning 441 acres here
  8. 1958 Robinson Fire 411 acres here
  9. 1924 Thoms Creek Fire 6,170 acres in total 345 acres here
  10. 1952 Digger Creek Fire 294 acres here

  And 4 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2020 August Complex, which burned 9,381 acres here. In all, 18,307 acres of ZIP code 96074 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