ZIP code 96088

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 95,918 acres · State Responsibility Area 86%
  2. High 12,045 acres · State Responsibility Area 11%
  3. Moderate 254 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 2,697 acres · Mostly federal land 2%

  110,914 acres of land in all, 108,217 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 40 fires that burned here

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  1. 1965 Hiway 44 Fire 13,708 acres in total 12,760 acres here
  2. 2012 Ponderosa Fire 27,670 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,248 acres here
  3. 1917 Unnamed fire 2,194 acres in total 1,711 acres here
  4. 1911 Unnamed fire 1,458 acres here
  5. 1966 Lightning #13 Fire 3,750 acres in total 948 acres here
  6. 1917 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 540 acres here
  7. 1962 Duncan R.i. Escape Fire 736 acres in total 508 acres here
  8. 1931 Unnamed fire 1,476 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 493 acres here
  9. 1950 Armstrong - Dersch Fire 3,670 acres in total 354 acres here
  10. 2008 Kirkman Fire 2,054 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 347 acres here

  And 30 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2024 Dersch Fire, which burned 60 acres here. In all, 25,684 acres of ZIP code 96088 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