Cal Fire added at least 2.8 million Californians to fire hazard zones. Here's how to check which zone you're in and what that means.

The new map ranks hazard zones as “moderate,” “high” or “very high,” rather than just “very high,” as in years past. Cal Fire’s interactive Fire Hazard Severity Zone map is ...

That may be a tough sell to wary homeowners. The state of Oregon’s release of its own hazard maps in 2022 sparked a political backlash in many of the state’s rural counties.

Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of Southern California on new state maps published Monday - the first release of its kind in 14 years - as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of ...

If people want to know more about these fire hazard maps, where can they go? The map is available on our website at fire.ca.gov. You can even put in your address and go right to your area.

In the new “Oregon Statewide Wildfire Hazard Map,” some grass and ranch lands will no longer be considered at high-risk depending on what they’re used for and on whether, and how often, they ...

They’re political boundaries to help us supply laws.” An online map by Cal Fire outlines fire hazard severity zones in Marin County on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) ...

San Diego County has seen a significant increase in areas classified as very high fire hazard zones. In 2011, approximately 646,000 acres were designated as very high fire zones. This number has ...

The maps, covering 15 counties in Central California, are part of Cal Fire’s two-month rollout of new hazard zones for the regions where local city and county fire departments are responsible ...

On the maps, which cover all 58 counties, are three color-coded designations: yellow for moderate fire hazard, orange for high hazard and red for very high. This time, CalFire says those zones are ...

The map is an update of the previous version, which was published in 2009. In Newport Beach, the tsunami hazard zone was increased slightly in the latest map to help facilitate evacuation responses.