ZIP code 96108

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 10,706 acres · 10,566 state, 140 local 9%
  2. High 22,409 acres · 14,675 state, 7,734 local 18%
  3. Moderate 6,898 acres · 2,306 state, 4,592 local 6%
  4. Non-wildland 21,037 acres · Local Responsibility Area 17%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 61,074 acres · Mostly federal land 50%

  122,124 acres of land in all, 27,547 in the State Responsibility Area and 33,503 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 33 fires that burned here

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  1. 1940 Sugar Hill3 Fire 20,121 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 10,491 acres here
  2. 1940 Middle Fork Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 4,123 acres here
  3. 2012 Barry Point Fire 92,945 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,900 acres here
  4. 2007 Fletcher Fire 8,082 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,854 acres here
  5. 1939 Crane Cr. Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 2,517 acres here
  6. 2006 Sage Fire 4,854 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,913 acres here
  7. 1934 Zamboni Fire 1,560 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 751 acres here
  8. 1940 Sugar Hill2 Fire 2,796 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 609 acres here
  9. 2024 Pencil Fire Cause: Lightning 394 acres here
  10. 1988 Renner Fire Cause: Lightning 253 acres here

  And 23 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2024 Pencil Fire, which burned 394 acres here. In all, 25,987 acres of ZIP code 96108 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