CalFire has new threat designations for areas much closer to urban areas than before. Maps for the Central Valley came out ...

THESE ACRES WERE NOT CONSIDERED HIGH RISK BA California officials on Monday released another set of county maps rating the likelihood and severity of wildfires as part of an executive order by Gov.

The California Department ... to more than 16,700. The county's zones at "very high" fire hazard now cover nearly 7,600 acres, compared to just 11 acres in 2011. The maps, as specified by Cal ...

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

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and Very High to approximately 247,000 new acres. The updated fire maps are being rolled out in four phases. The first two ended on Feb. 25 and covered counties in Northern California and the San ...

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which assess the likelihood of wildfire behavior in local ...

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(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps ... high hazard areas, complying with the Zone 0 regulation will come at varying costs, said Seth Schalet, CEO of the non-profit Santa Clara County ...