Santa Rosa

City in Sonoma County

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Report created October 27, 2026 at www.firezones.info/community/70098/santa-rosa

Summary

  • Fire hazard severity zones

    Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

    11% High · 2% Very High

    Most of the High land is in the Local Responsibility Area, where the City of Santa Rosa adopts the zones CAL FIRE recommends.

  • Fire history

    Share of the land inside a recorded wildfire perimeter

    16% has burned

    Most recently the 2020 Glass Fire, which burned 986 acres here, one of 5 fires on record.

  • Power line fire risk

    Share of the land in the High Fire-Threat District

    11% Extreme

    Utilities may shut off power in the CPUC High Fire-Threat District in fire weather, and homes outside it can lose power when their lines run through it.

Land by hazard class

  1. Very High 482 acres · 9 state, 473 local 2%
  2. High 3,104 acres · 41 state, 3,063 local 11%
  3. Moderate 8,048 acres · 12 state, 8,036 local 29%
  4. Non-wildland 15,746 acres · Local Responsibility Area 58%

27,380 acres of land in all, 61 in the State Responsibility Area and 27,318 in the Local. State zones are the ones the State Fire Marshal designated, in effect since 1 April 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

Fires that burned here

  1. 2017 Tubbs Fire Of 36,702 acres in all 2,823 acres
  2. 1964 C. Hanly Fire Of 55,961 acres in all 2,289 acres
  3. 2020 Glass Fire Of 67,484 acres in all 986 acres
  4. 2017 Nuns Fire Of 55,798 acres in all 265 acres
  5. 2003 Lofty Fire Of 42 acres in all · Cause: Playing with fire 26 acres

In all, 4,292 acres of Santa Rosa 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

Sources

Fire hazard severity zones
CAL FIRE Office of the State Fire Marshal
State map published 27 June 2025, local map 2 February 2026
Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Power line fire risk
California Public Utilities Commission
Published 23 February 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data

Nearby areas

ZIP codes in Santa Rosa

Neighboring communities

  1. Santa Rosa 11% High · 2% Very High · this area
  2. Fulton 15% Moderate
  3. Larkfield-Wikiup 54% High
  4. Sebastopol 28% Moderate