Marisa Endicott, PRESS DEMOCRAT
CalFire Fire Hazard Severity Zone Viewer
State officials released the latest round of highly anticipated fire hazard maps Monday, covering Northern California coastal areas from the Bay Area up to the Oregon border, including Sonoma and Napa counties.
The new maps will add 1.4 million acres of land statewide into higher fire severity categories, accompanied by stricter building and local planning code requirements for property owners.
The increase in “very high” hazard areas is significant in many — though not all — areas.
Unincorporated Sonoma County saw its “very high” hazard area grow from 11 acres to 7,555 acres, with an additional 9,149 acres designated “high” hazard.
Read more at https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/wildfire-danger-hazard-maps-sonoma-napa/