ZIP code 96103

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 23,286 acres · State Responsibility Area 37%
  2. High 2,946 acres · State Responsibility Area 5%
  3. Moderate 54 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 36,208 acres · Mostly federal land 58%

  62,494 acres of land in all, 26,286 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 16 fires that burned here

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  1. 1934 Unnamed fire 11,293 acres in total 5,421 acres here
  2. 1918 Unnamed fire 2,950 acres in total 2,918 acres here
  3. 1929 Unnamed fire 1,348 acres here
  4. 1929 Unnamed fire 3,301 acres in total 826 acres here
  5. 1928 Unnamed fire 714 acres here
  6. 1946 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 617 acres here
  7. 1928 Unnamed fire 566 acres here
  8. 1964 Unnamed fire 2,351 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 423 acres here
  9. 2008 Cold Fire 5,599 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 393 acres here
  10. 2020 North Complex 318,797 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 108 acres here

  And 6 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2020 North Complex, which burned 108 acres here. In all, 13,557 acres of ZIP code 96103 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