ZIP code 96105

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 13,509 acres · State Responsibility Area 8%
  2. High 45,945 acres · 45,916 state, 29 local 28%
  3. Moderate 2,912 acres · 2,908 state, 4 local 2%
  4. Non-wildland 15 acres · Local Responsibility Area <1%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 100,154 acres · Mostly federal land 62%

  162,536 acres of land in all, 62,334 in the State Responsibility Area and 48 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 68 fires that burned here

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  1. 2020 Loyalton Fire 46,721 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 39,005 acres here
  2. 2021 Sugar Fire 105,004 acres in total 37,603 acres here
  3. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 22,087 acres here
  4. 1936 Unnamed fire 30,586 acres in total 8,104 acres here
  5. 1994 Cottonwood Fire 48,057 acres in total · Cause: Arson 5,726 acres here
  6. 1943 Unnamed fire 5,331 acres in total 4,298 acres here
  7. 1984 Unnamed fire 9,461 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 3,386 acres here
  8. 1954 Hallelujah Fire 2,748 acres here
  9. 2003 Chilcoot Fire 5,642 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,739 acres here
  10. 1949 Unnamed fire 3,546 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 2,514 acres here

  And 58 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2024 Ranch Fire, which burned 4 acres here. In all, 117,511 acres of ZIP code 96105 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