ZIP code 96129

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 6,641 acres · 6,606 state, 35 local 9%
  2. High 8,922 acres · 8,138 state, 785 local 12%
  3. Moderate 5,393 acres · 5,109 state, 284 local 7%
  4. Non-wildland 15,070 acres · Local Responsibility Area 20%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 38,238 acres · Mostly federal land 51%

  74,264 acres of land in all, 19,852 in the State Responsibility Area and 16,173 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 27 fires that burned here

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  1. 1931 Unnamed fire 22,631 acres in total 14,366 acres here
  2. 2021 Sugar Fire 105,004 acres in total 10,583 acres here
  3. 1999 Horton 2 Fire Cause: Equipment use 4,940 acres here
  4. 1959 Unnamed fire 6,762 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 3,448 acres here
  5. 2021 Dixie Fire 963,405 acres in total · Cause: Power lines 2,049 acres here
  6. 1996 Maddalena Fire 3,975 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 1,935 acres here
  7. 1972 Carman #2 Fire 1,790 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,418 acres here
  8. 1928 Unnamed fire 1,242 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,075 acres here
  9. 2021 Dotta Fire 532 acres here
  10. 1929 Unnamed fire 551 acres in total 501 acres here

  And 17 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2021 Dixie Fire, which burned 2,049 acres here. In all, 29,347 acres of ZIP code 96129 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