ZIP code 96096

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 53,027 acres · State Responsibility Area 80%
  2. High 13,164 acres · State Responsibility Area 20%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 220 acres · Mostly federal land <1%

  66,411 acres of land in all, 66,191 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 11 fires that burned here

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  1. 1988 Fern Fire 7,557 acres here
  2. 1978 Whitmore Ltg #32 Fire 7,285 acres in total 5,539 acres here
  3. 1958 Blue Mt. Escape Fire 5,365 acres in total 4,038 acres here
  4. 1958 Blue Mtn Escape Fire 1,365 acres here
  5. 1968 V. Morelli Fire 1,316 acres here
  6. 2003 Whitmore Fire Cause: Debris burning 1,004 acres here
  7. 2002 Squirrel Fire Cause: Smoking 578 acres here
  8. 2007 Whitmore 3 Fire Cause: Equipment use 43 acres here
  9. 2002 B Line Fire 20 acres in total · Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 19 acres here
  10. 2015 Ponderosa Fire Cause: Debris burning 15 acres here

  And 1 smaller fire. The most recent was the 2020 Springs Fire, which burned 10 acres here. In all, 20,870 acres of ZIP code 96096 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