ZIP code 93262

Tulare County, including Silver City

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Report created October 27, 2026 at www.firezones.info/zip/93262

Summary

  • Fire hazard severity zones

    Share of the land in each CAL FIRE hazard class

    <1% Very High

    All of the Very High land is in the State Responsibility Area, where the State Fire Marshal's zones apply.

  • Fire history

    Share of the land inside a recorded wildfire perimeter

    37% has burned

    Most recently the 2024 Coffee Pot Fire, which burned 7,559 acres here, one of 90 fires on record.

  • Power line fire risk

    Share of the land in the High Fire-Threat District

    64% Elevated

    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 374 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  2. High 18 acres · State Responsibility Area <1%
  3. Not mapped by CAL FIRE 168,048 acres · Mostly federal land >99%

168,441 acres of land in all, 393 of it in the State Responsibility Area. 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

Largest fires

  1. 2021 Knp Complex Of 88,257 acres in all · Cause: Lightning 35,761 acres
  2. 2020 Castle Fire Of 170,648 acres in all · Cause: Lightning 8,723 acres
  3. 2024 Coffee Pot Fire Of 14,104 acres in all · Cause: Lightning 7,559 acres
  4. 1988 Buckeye Fire Cause: Smoking 3,090 acres
  5. 1996 Castle Co Fire Cause: Lightning 2,693 acres
  6. 2023 Redwood Fire Cause: Lightning 2,245 acres
  7. 2018 Eden Fire Cause: Lightning 1,778 acres
  8. 1995 Castle Wf Fire Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 1,647 acres
  9. 1996 Dorst Fire Cause: Lightning 1,458 acres
  10. 2003 Paradise 2 Fire Cause: Lightning 1,297 acres

And 80 smaller fires. In all, 62,861 acres of ZIP code 93262 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

Communities in ZIP code 93262

Neighboring ZIP codes

  1. 93262 <1% Very High · this area
  2. 93265 12% Very High
  3. 93271 47% Very High