ZIP code 96120

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 10,120 acres · State Responsibility Area 7%
  2. High 11,825 acres · State Responsibility Area 8%
  3. Moderate 3,771 acres · State Responsibility Area 3%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 119,458 acres · Mostly federal land 82%

  145,174 acres of land in all, 25,716 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 47 fires that burned here

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  1. 2021 Tamarack Fire 67,055 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 38,841 acres here
  2. 2015 Washington Fire 17,780 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 10,724 acres here
  3. 1949 Unnamed fire 8,817 acres in total 8,554 acres here
  4. 1947 Unnamed fire 14,395 acres in total 7,789 acres here
  5. 1987 Unnamed fire Cause: Miscellaneous 6,348 acres here
  6. 1984 Unnamed fire 16,668 acres in total · Cause: Arson 4,307 acres here
  7. 1986 Unnamed fire Cause: Equipment use 3,381 acres here
  8. 2021 East Fork Fire Cause: Lightning 1,134 acres here
  9. 1948 Unnamed fire 932 acres here
  10. 1984 Unnamed fire Cause: Arson 805 acres here

  And 37 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Caldor Fire, which burned 693 acres here. In all, 66,964 acres of ZIP code 96120 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