El Dorado County, CA Fire Regulations: Wildfire Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- SRA map source section
- El Dorado County Code § 8.08.100
- LRA map source section
- El Dorado County Code § 8.08.200
- Map authority
- Office of the State Fire Marshal
- Zone tiers
- Moderate, High, Very High
- Latest amending ordinance
- Ord. No. 5231, June 24, 2025
Summary
El Dorado County has formally adopted the State Fire Marshal's 2023 State Responsibility Area and 2025 Local Responsibility Area maps, designating unincorporated land as Moderate, High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones under Sections 8.08.100 and 8.08.200.
Sec. 8.08.100. - State Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map. In accordance with the 2023 State Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map, as designated by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, certain areas within the County of El Dorado are designated as Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. This map is published and available through the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13 Update 4).
Full Breakdown
100 incorporates the Office of the State Fire Marshal's 2023 State Responsibility Area (SRA) Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map, designating parcels within the County as Moderate, High, and Very High zones; the section was retitled by Ordinance No. 5231 on June 24, 2025 after earlier amendments by Ordinance Nos. 5195 and 5201. 200, added by that same June 2025 ordinance, adopts the parallel 2025 Local Responsibility Area (LRA) map for unincorporated areas the state doesn't directly protect, using the identical Moderate/High/Very High tiering. Both maps are published and kept current through the State Fire Marshal's office rather than being redrawn by the Board of Supervisors.
09), whose findings section states that all County parcels have been identified within an SRA or LRA Moderate, High, or Very High severity zone under CAL FIRE's Fire and Resource Assessment Program mapping, and cites the County's mountainous, chaparral and forest-covered terrain, along with the 2007 Angora, 2014 King, 2021 Caldor and 2022 Mosquito fires, as the basis for imposing defensible-space and vegetation-clearance duties tied to these zones.
Violations & Fines
The zone maps themselves carry no direct penalty; they function as a designation tool that activates other chapters' duties. A property inside a mapped High or Very High severity zone becomes subject to the defensible-space and vegetation-abatement enforcement of Chapter 8.09, administered by the County's Enforcement and Investigative Officials, and to disclosure obligations at the point of sale of the property.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does El Dorado County determine which fire hazard zone my property is in?
What is the difference between the SRA and LRA maps in the County?
Does a High Fire Hazard Severity Zone designation trigger extra duties?
Sources & Official References
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