Elk Grove is located in the flat Central Valley and contains no CAL FIRE designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The city is a Local Responsibility Area, so state defensible space mandates under PRC §4291 do not apply, though weed abatement is still enforced.
CAL FIRE's Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps show Elk Grove entirely outside any Moderate, High, or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The surrounding landscape is predominately flat farmland and planned residential development rather than the foothill chaparral or wildland-urban interface terrain that drives California's worst wildfires. As a result, Elk Grove is a Local Responsibility Area (LRA), Cosumnes CSD Fire handles structure and grass fires, and CAL FIRE's SRA defensible space requirements do not apply. Insurance availability and rates in Elk Grove are generally unaffected by the FAIR Plan pressures that impact foothill communities. The main fire risk is summer grass fires in vacant lots and along levees, addressed through the weed abatement program rather than a wildfire mitigation plan.
No wildfire-zone specific fines. Weed abatement violations are handled under EGMC Chapter 8.26 as noted under brush clearance.
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