Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...

The new fire hazard severity zone maps issued by Cal Fire this week are part of a two-month statewide rollout.

Cal Fire's new hazard zone maps show information on topography, fire weather, flame length, past fire history, vegetation ...

Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations ...

Cal Fire released its new fire hazard severity maps, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas are at high risk of ...

As a late-winter storm brings rain to Southern California ... Palisades Fire: Getty Villa area, Highlands near the burn areas, Bienveneda area near Temescal Canyon Park, Rivas Canyon/Will Rogers ...

Sacramento, Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties are represented in the new maps. The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which assess the likelihood of wildfire ...

THOSE NEW CAL FIRE MAPS SHOW YOLO COUNTY HAS NEARLY 40,000 NEW ACRES ADDED TO THE RISK AREA, AND STANISLAUS COUNTY MORE THAN 60,000 ACRES. THESE ACRES WERE NOT CONSIDERED HIGH RISK BA California ...

(File photo courtesy of Cal Fire) Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or ...

Leading into the much-anticipated release of the state’s mapping of high fire severity zones, Menlo Park and Atherton fire, ...

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"California’s resilience means we will keep updating our standards in the most fire-prone areas." The maps are divided into Fire Hazard Severity Zones—moderate, High, or Very High—and ...