ZIP code 96117

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

  Map
  1. High 41,549 acres · 41,245 state, 304 local 20%
  2. Moderate 6,943 acres · 6,366 state, 578 local 3%
  3. Non-wildland 4,771 acres · Local Responsibility Area 2%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 155,045 acres · Mostly federal land 74%

  208,308 acres of land in all, 47,610 in the State Responsibility Area and 5,653 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

  Map
  1. 2012 Rush Fire 315,512 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 102,437 acres here
  2. 1990 Unnamed fire 14,450 acres here
  3. 1961 Lightning #20 Fire 13,003 acres in total 7,468 acres here
  4. 2002 Rush Fire Cause: Lightning 4,846 acres here
  5. 2006 Observation Complex 4,393 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,433 acres here
  6. 2003 Secret Fire Cause: Equipment use 1,193 acres here
  7. 2004 Stoney Fire Cause: Lightning 954 acres here
  8. 2018 Tumbleweed Fire Cause: Vehicle 645 acres here
  9. 2003 Shinn Fire Cause: Lightning 594 acres here
  10. 2020 R-2 Trumbull Fire Cause: Lightning 575 acres here

  And 23 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 R-3 Willow Fire, which burned 144 acres here. In all, 106,349 acres of ZIP code 96117 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