ZIP code 96146

Summary

• Fire hazard severity zones

  Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

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  1. Very High 10,044 acres · 10,043 state, 1 local 39%
  2. High 356 acres · State Responsibility Area 1%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 15,491 acres · Mostly federal land 60%

  25,890 acres of land in all, 10,399 in the State Responsibility Area and 1 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. 1926 Unnamed fire 1,671 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 1,325 acres here
  2. 1949 Bald Mtn Fire 1,465 acres in total · Cause: Smoking 904 acres here
  3. 1949 Stanford Fire Cause: Smoking 126 acres here
  4. 1955 Unnamed fire 61 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 51 acres here

  The most recent was an unnamed fire in 1955, which burned 51 acres here. In all, 2,031 acres of ZIP code 96146 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