ZIP code 96136

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. High 6,167 acres · 3,444 state, 2,723 local 7%
  2. Moderate 4,268 acres · 3,191 state, 1,077 local 5%
  3. Non-wildland 31,575 acres · Local Responsibility Area 34%
  4. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 51,070 acres · Mostly federal land 55%

  93,081 acres of land in all, 6,635 in the State Responsibility Area and 35,375 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 14 fires that burned here

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  1. 2012 Rush Fire 315,512 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 35,683 acres here
  2. 1953 Ordnance Blm #4 Fire 966 acres here
  3. 1985 Unnamed fire 600 acres here
  4. 1996 Unnamed fire 575 acres here
  5. 1995 Demo Fire Cause: Equipment use 447 acres here
  6. 2020 R-3 Skeddadle Fire Cause: Lightning 197 acres here
  7. 1986 Unnamed fire 1,124 acres in total 126 acres here
  8. 2017 R-4 Ranch Fire 120 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 81 acres here
  9. 2020 R-5 Dry Fire Cause: Lightning 45 acres here
  10. 2023 R-1 Spencer Basin Fire Cause: Lightning 28 acres here

  And 4 smaller fires. The most recent was the 2025 Solar Fire, which burned 6 acres here. In all, 37,594 acres of ZIP code 96136 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