ZIP code 96123

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 220 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  2. High 93,477 acres · State Responsibility Area 43%
  3. Moderate 2,882 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 119,911 acres · Mostly federal land 55%

  216,491 acres of land in all, 96,580 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 35 fires that burned here

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  1. 2012 Rush Fire 315,512 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 49,569 acres here
  2. 1990 Unnamed fire 8,502 acres here
  3. 1961 Lightning #20 Fire 13,003 acres in total 4,261 acres here
  4. 1969 Putr Planting Fire 2,569 acres here
  5. 1988 Unnamed fire 2,055 acres in total 1,839 acres here
  6. 2006 Observation Complex 4,393 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,513 acres here
  7. 1964 Harrison Springs Fire 1,175 acres here
  8. 2012 Spanish Fire 1,151 acres here
  9. 2020 R-8 Pinecode Fire Cause: Lightning 566 acres here
  10. 1966 Dorsey Butte Fire 476 acres here

  And 25 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 R-10 Spanish Fire, which burned 97 acres here. In all, 67,933 acres of ZIP code 96123 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