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Here’s how many acres most of Southern California’s cities changed on Cal Fire’s risk map How acreage changed in high risk areas since 2011 in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino ...

Scroll down to see how the fire risk changed since 2011 in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. You can find Cal Fire’s latest online map here.

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county.

Significant portions of L.A., particularly in the foothills and canyon regions, have been designated as Very High Hazard Zones, marked in red on the updated maps.

The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps, and they don’t evaluate risk, said Cal Fire. Instead, the maps evaluate hazard, or the “physical conditions that create a ...

California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire, has been releasing these maps in installments over the last six weeks, beginning with counties in the state’s far north and ending ...