ZIP code 96097

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 62,949 acres · 60,333 state, 2,616 local 54%
  2. High 10,252 acres · 7,113 state, 3,138 local 9%
  3. Moderate 347 acres · 142 state, 204 local <1%
  4. Non-wildland 294 acres · Local Responsibility Area <1%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 42,768 acres · Mostly federal land 37%

  116,609 acres of land in all, 67,589 in the State Responsibility Area and 6,252 in the Local. 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 73 fires that burned here

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  1. 1955 Haystack Fire 59,640 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 20,683 acres here
  2. 2022 Mckinney Fire 60,102 acres in total 10,104 acres here
  3. 2007 China Fire Cause: Lightning 2,939 acres here
  4. 1939 Printer Gulch Fire Cause: Smoking 2,446 acres here
  5. 2019 Lime Fire Cause: Lightning 1,874 acres here
  6. 2001 Jones Fire 1,547 acres in total · Cause: Debris burning 1,440 acres here
  7. 1947 Cayuse Gulch Fire Cause: Smoking 1,301 acres here
  8. 1992 Garvey Fire 872 acres here
  9. 2014 Beaver Fire 32,493 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 740 acres here
  10. 2016 Grade Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 710 acres here

  And 63 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Heaven Fire, which burned 19 acres here. In all, 35,738 acres of ZIP code 96097 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