ZIP code 96135

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 545 acres · State Responsibility Area 2%
  2. High 2,786 acres · 2,617 state, 169 local 12%
  3. Moderate 2,851 acres · 2,757 state, 94 local 13%
  4. Non-wildland 7,562 acres · Local Responsibility Area 34%
  5. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 8,545 acres · Mostly federal land 38%

  22,289 acres of land in all, 5,919 in the State Responsibility Area and 7,825 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

  Fires CAL FIRE has recorded here

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  1. 2021 Sugar Fire 105,004 acres in total 8,539 acres here
  2. 1931 Unnamed fire 22,631 acres in total 5,898 acres here
  3. 1996 Maddalena Fire 3,975 acres in total · Cause: Equipment use 2,041 acres here
  4. 2020 Loyalton Fire 46,721 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 399 acres here
  5. 2010 Gulch Fire Cause: Lightning 103 acres here
  6. 2017 Ranch Fire 84 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 52 acres here
  7. 2017 Elephant Fire 139 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 31 acres here
  8. 2014 Chance Fire 29 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 28 acres here
  9. 1974 Unnamed fire Cause: Lightning 10 acres here

  The most recent was the 2021 Sugar Fire, which burned 8,539 acres here. In all, 9,939 acres of ZIP code 96135 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