ABAG Wildfire Hazard Maps and Information

 

MAPS - VIEW Interactive (GIS) HAZARD MAPS for Your City, Zip Code, or the Entire Bay Area:

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Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Wildfire Threat (Fire and Resource Assessment (FRAP) - Wildland Urban Interface - Source - CalFire - California Department of Forestry, 2003)

Your local fire jurisdiction also may have identified hazard maps and mitigation information not found on this web site, especially for areas adjacent to wildland interface areas. One example is SANTA ROSA.
Wildfire Threat (Ranks the wildland fire threat to human development - Source - CalFire - California Department of Forestry, 2003) NOTE - This map focuses on wildland fuels in State Responsibility Areas, that is, where the California Department of Forestry has primary jurisdiction for wildland fire response.
MAPS - Additional Interactive (GIS) MAPS for Your City, Zip Code, or the Entire Bay Area:
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Fire Perimeters (Combines expected fire frequency with potential fire behavior to create 4 threat classes - Source - CalFire - the California Department of Forestry, 2003)
Distribution of Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Housing Unit Density (Fire and Resource Assessment (FRAP) - Source - CalFire - California Department of Forestry, 2003)
Post-Wildfire Soil Erosion Potential (Fire and Resource Assessment (FRAP) - Source - CalFire - California Department of Forestry, 2004) Soil erosion potential is based on the Universal Soil Loss Equation.
Fire-Related Risks to Ecosystem Health as Measured by Condition Class (Fire and Resource Assessment (FRAP) - Source - CalFire - California Department of Forestry, 2003)

WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT:
Your local fire jurisdiction also may have identified mitigation information not found on this web site.
Information from the State Fire Marshall - Structural Fire Prevention Field Guide for Migitation of Wildfires

Information from Firewise
Information from the CalFire - the California Department of Forestry
Information from the American Red Cross
At Home in the Woods - Lessons Learned in the Wildland-Urban Interface (Source - FEMA Region VIII, 2004)
Information from Fire Safe Councils
LINK to HAZARD MAP DOCUMENTATION AND GIS DOWNLOAD INFORMATION FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
 


ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.
This page was last updated 10/5/09 by jbp.