All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...

Also see: Southern California fire danger zones increase ... combined the maps with finegrain population estimates from University of California researchers. That means roughly 1-in-10 ...

2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released updated fire-hazard severity-zone maps for Los Angeles County for the first time in over a decade on Monday, adding more than ...

Cal Fire has released updated fire hazard severity zone maps for Southern California, aiding wildfire preparedness.

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify ...

1.2 million and 4.5 million acres were placed into the new "high" and "moderate" zones, respectively. The hazard severity zone maps are referenced in more than 50 sections of California law.

More than 800,000 acres of land across these SoCal counties have been classified under the highest fire hazard severity zone ...