CAL FIRE – List of Cities – Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ)

http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_wildland_zones_maps_citylist

Note:  The recommendations are not the same as actual zones.  Such zoning designations do not go into effect unless, and until, they are adopted by ordinance by local agencies.  Local agencies are not required to report such zoning actions and CAL FIRE does not have a current list of local agencies that have adopted ordinances establishing Very High Fire Hazard Severity zones within their boundaries.

(organized by county)

Alameda (5 cities)

  • Berkeley
  • Oakland
  • Piedmont
  • Pleasanton
  • San Leandro

Amador (1 city)

  • Ione

Butte (2 cities)

  • Chico
  • Paradise

Calaveras (1 city)

  • Angels Camp

Contra Costa (8 cities)

  • Danville
  • El Cerrito
  • Lafayette
  • Martinez
  • Moraga
  • Orinda
  • Pinole
  • Richmond

El Dorado (2 cities)

  • Placerville
  • South Lake Tahoe

Lake (1 city)

  • Clearlake

Lassen (1 city)

  • Susanville

Los Angeles (39 cities)

  • Agoura Hills
  • Arcadia
  • Avalon
  • Azusa
  • Beverly Hills
  • Bradbury
  • Burbank
  • Calabasas
  • Claremont
  • Covina
  • Culver City
  • Diamond Bar
  • Duarte
  • Glendale
  • Glendora
  • Hidden Hills
  • Irwindale
  • La Canada Flintridge
  • La Habra Heights
  • La Mirada
  • La Verne
  • Los Angeles
  • Malibu
  • Monrovia
  • Palmdale
  • Palos Verdes Estates
  • Pasadena
  • Pomona
  • Rancho Palos Verdes
  • Rolling Hills
  • Rolling Hills Estates
  • San Dimas
  • Santa Clarita
  • Sierra Madre
  • Walnut
  • West Covina
  • Westlake Village
  • Whittier

Marin (3 cities)

  • Larkspur
  • Mill Valley
  • Novato

Mendocino (2 cities)

  • Ukiah
  • Willits

Mono (1 city)

  • Mammoth Lakes

Monterey (4 cities)

  • Carmel
  • Del Rey Oaks
  • Monterey
  • Pacific Grove

Napa (2 cities)

  • Calistoga
  • Yountville

Nevada (3 cities)

  • Grass Valley
  • Nevada City
  • Truckee

Orange (20 cities)

  • Aliso Viejo
  • Anaheim
  • Brea
  • Dana Point
  • Fullerton
  • Irvine
  • La Habra
  • Laguna Beach
  • Laguna Niguel
  • Laguna Woods
  • Lake Forest
  • Mission Viejo
  • Newport Beach
  • Orange
  • Rancho Santa Margarita
  • San Clemente
  • San Juan Capistrano
  • Tustin
  • Villa Park
  • Yorba Linda
Placer (2 cities)

  • Auburn
  • Colfax

Plumas (1 city)

  • Portola

Riverside (22 cities)

  • Banning
  • Beaumont
  • Calimesa
  • Canyon Lake
  • Cathedral City
  • Corona
  • Desert Hot Springs
  • Hemet
  • Jurupa Valley
  • Lake Elsinore
  • Menifee
  • Moreno Valley
  • Murrieta
  • Norco
  • Palm Desert
  • Palm Springs
  • Perris
  • Rancho Mirage
  • Riverside
  • San Jacinto
  • Temucula
  • Wildomar

San Bernardino (15 cities)

  • Big Bear Lake
  • Chino Hills
  • Colton
  • Fontana
  • Grand Terrace
  • Hesperia
  • Highland
  • Loma Linda
  • Rancho Cucamonga
  • Redlands
  • Rialto
  • San Bernardino
  • Upland
  • Yucaipa
  • Yucca Valley

San Diego (13 cities)

  • Carlsbad
  • Chula Vista
  • Del Mar
  • El Cajon
  • Encinitas
  • Escondido
  • Oceanside
  • Poway
  • San Diego
  • San Marcos
  • Santee
  • Solana Beach
  • Vista

San Luis Obispo (4 cities)

  • Atascadero
  • Morro Bay
  • Pismo Beach
  • San Luis Obispo

San Mateo (8 cities)

  • Belmont
  • Half Moon Bay
  • Hillsborough
  • Portola Valley
  • Redwood City
  • San Carlos
  • San Mateo
  • Woodside

Santa Barabara (2 cities)

  • Lompoc
  • Santa Barbara

Santa Clara (6 cities)

  • Cupertino
  • Los Gatos
  • Monte Sereno
  • Morgan Hill
  • San Jose
  • Saratoga

Shasta (3 cities)

  • Anderson
  • Redding
  • Shasta Lake

Siskiyou (6 cities)

  • Dunsmuir
  • Etna
  • Fort Jones
  • Mt Shasta
  • Weed
  • Yreka

Sonoma (2 cities)

  • Cloverdale
  • Santa Rosa

Tehama (1 city)

  • Red Bluff

Tuolumne (1 city)

  • Sonora

Ventura (8 cities)

  • Camarillo
  • Fillmore
  • Moorpark
  • Ojai
  • Santa Paula
  • Simi Valley
  • Thousand Oaks
  • Ventura