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  "title": "Wildfire Risk in Kings County, CA 2026 | Satelife",
  "description": "Wildfire risk in Kings County varies a lot by location. In the places we scored, values run from 17.7 in Hanford to 79.8 near Avenal, with a county middle point of 26.5.",
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  "content": "[Home](/)›[Wildfire Risk](/wildfire-risk/)›[California](/wildfire-risk/california/)›Kings County\n\nKings County, California\n\n# Wildfire risk in Kings County: _where it is highest_, and why\n\nWildfire risk in Kings County varies a lot by location. In the places we scored, values run from 17.7 in Hanford to 79.8 near Avenal, with a county middle point of 26.5.\n\n[Score my Kings County address →](#score-my-address) [How risky is this county? ↓](#risk-at-a-glance)\n\nBefore 20002000s2010s2020sCommunity\n\nKings County — the largest fires on record, at their perimeter centres, with the county’s main communities. Select a marker for its detail.\n\nAt a glance\n\n## Half of Kings County scores _Moderate_ or worse\n\nWe scored 155 points across Kings County on the same 0–100 scale a Satelife address report uses, and they do not land in one place. 1% of them come out Very High, while 44% are Low. Which end your own parcel sits at is not something a county map can tell you.\n\n12%\n\n43%\n\n44%\n\n**Very High** 1% · 2 of 155 points **High** 12% · 18 of 155 points **Moderate** 43% · 67 of 155 points **Low** 44% · 68 of 155 points\n\nSafest end we measured 17.7 near Hanford · Low\n\nMiddle of the county 26.5 Moderate — half of Kings County is above this\n\nMost exposed end we measured 79.8 near Avenal · Very High\n\n### And the federal models agree it is a fire county\n\nRelatively Low FEMA National Risk Index — wildfire risk rating · index score 77.1 / 100\n\n$245k / yr FEMA NRI — expected annual loss from wildfire · rated Relatively Low\n\n0.34% USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities — mean annual burn probability · 90th-percentile cell 0.69%\n\n2.32 ft USFS WRC — mean conditional flame length · 76% of the county carries burnable fuel\n\nFEMA NRI also rates Kings County: all-hazards risk Relatively Moderate · social vulnerability Relatively High · community resilience Very Low · annualised wildfire frequency 0.0045.\n\nSources: FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (Dec 2025), county record · USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities v2.0, mean of the grid cells inside the county. Both describe the county as a whole, never an address in it.\n\nWhat does your Kings County address score?\n\nA county range shows the spread. Your parcel sits somewhere inside it — the report says where, and what to do about it.\n\nFree to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan\n\nLocal context\n\n## What the data says about _Kings County_\n\nMost scored places fall in the Low tier, with Moderate close behind. High and Very High locations are present, but they are less common.\n\nFor county-wide context, FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Kings County’s wildfire risk as Relatively Low, while its all-hazards risk rating is Relatively Moderate.\n\nFire record\n\n## Where the fires _actually were_\n\nSince 1984, 37,303 acres have burned in Kings County fire perimeters, and that equals 4.2% of the county. The record here includes 25 fire perimeters since 1984.\n\nThe largest fire named for this county context is Skyline (1996) at 20,568 acres. The most recent large fire is Q8 (2026), at 1,280 acres.\n\nOther major fires tied to this county include Garza (2017), which was partly in the county at 48,887 acres, and Salt 14-2 (2025), also partly in the county at 25,580 acres.\n\n![Garza Fire (2017) in Kings County, California - Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk from the 1106th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), ](/images/wildfire-risk/kings-county/photos/california-national-guard-35077239804.webp)\n\n**Garza Fire, 2017** — Kings County. Photo: The National Guard Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza/California National Guard · [Public domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California_National_Guard_\\(35077239804\\).jpg)\n\n25 mapped fire perimeters centred in the county since 1984\n\n37,303 acres inside those perimeters since 1984\n\n4.2% of the county's area, as a share of 3,587.5 km²\n\nQ8 2026 most recent large fire on record\n\nBefore 20002000s2010s2020s \n\nFire perimeters coloured by decade. Select a perimeter for its name, year and size.\n\nNamed fires on record\n\n-   **Garza Fire**201748,887 acres in totalcrossed into the county\n-   **Skyline Fire**199620,568 acres\n-   **Flat Top Fire**19847,218 acres\n-   **Tar Fire**20075,671 acres in totalcrossed into the county\n-   **Q8 Fire**20261,280 acres\n-   **Hwy 41 Fire**19963,198 acres\n-   **State Of Cal #32 Fire**19792,293 acres\n-   **Salt 14-2 Fire**202525,580 acres in totalcrossed into the county\n\nPerimeter sources: NIFC Interagency Fire Perimeter History · WFIGS Interagency Perimeters · largest on record: Skyline 1996. Perimeters are simplified for display; acreage is the figure the source records.\n\nCommunities\n\n## Where in the county you are _matters most_\n\nFor buyers and owners comparing towns, Hanford (population 56,910) has a typical local score of 22.7, and Corcoran (23,403) is also 22.7.\n\nLemoore is similar at 23.3, while Avenal is notably higher at 47.7. Armona is 22.7, in line with Hanford and Corcoran.\n\nCounty-wide community conditions matter too: FEMA’s National Risk Index rates social vulnerability as Relatively High and community resilience as Very Low for Kings County.\n\nAvenal town · 16,837 people\n\n47.7 _Moderate_\n\nLemoore town · 22,916 people\n\n23.3 _Low_\n\nHanford city · 56,910 people\n\n22.7 _Low_\n\nCorcoran town · 23,403 people\n\n22.7 _Low_\n\nArmona village · 4,156 people\n\n22.7 _Low_\n\nThe score is the median of the sampled points nearest that community — a community-scale indicator, not a score for any individual property in it. Population comes from the community's own record where the source carries one.\n\nTerrain & fuels\n\n## Terrain, vegetation and _fuels_\n\nTerrain risk is low in much of Kings County but rises sharply in some areas. The terrain score is 20.0 in many places, and reaches 65.0 near Avenal.\n\nVegetation and fuels show a wider spread. The low end is 20.0 in Hanford, the county middle is 46.0, and the high end reaches 80.0 near Corcoran.\n\nTaken together, steeper ground in and around Avenal and heavier fuels near Corcoran are associated with higher wildfire risk in those local areas.\n\n20 median terrain score (max 65 near Avenal)\n\n46 median vegetation & fuels score (max 80 near Corcoran)\n\nFire weather\n\n## Fire weather across _Kings County_\n\nFire weather was measured across the county and is tightly clustered. Scores range from 55.6 near Avenal to 56.9 near Corcoran, with a middle value of 56.8.\n\nA separate federal product also reports burn probability, which is not the same thing as fire weather. It lists a mean annual burn probability of \"0.34\" and a 90th-percentile cell value of \"0.69\".\n\nThat same federal product indicates 75.8% of the county is in places that can burn under its mapping framework.\n\n55.6 lowest fire-weather score — near Avenal\n\n56.9 highest fire-weather score — near Corcoran\n\nWhat drives it\n\n## Which part of the risk _moves_, and which doesn't\n\nRisk is not uniform across Kings County. The highest scored location is near Avenal at 79.8, while the lowest is Hanford at 17.7.\n\nBy community, Hanford, Corcoran, and Armona are all at 22.7, and Lemoore is close at 23.3. Avenal stands out higher at 47.7.\n\nSo two homes in different parts of the county can sit in very different wildfire-risk conditions, even within the same county-level FEMA rating.\n\nEach bar is what one part of the score covers across Kings County, on the same 0–100 scale. A long bar is a part of the risk that depends on where you are; a short one is the same almost everywhere.\n\nTerrain\n\n20–65 highest near Avenal\n\nVegetation & fuels\n\n20–80 highest near Corcoran\n\nHazard zone\n\n10–90 highest near Avenal\n\nFire history\n\n5–95 highest near Avenal\n\nFire weather\n\n55.6–56.9 highest near Corcoran\n\nOverall score\n\n17.7–79.8 highest near Avenal\n\nThe tick on each bar is the middle value. Tier boundaries — Moderate at 25, High at 50, Very High at 75 — are the faint lines behind them.\n\nShow every number behind these bars\n\nLayer\n\nMin\n\nMedian\n\nMax\n\nLowest place\n\nHighest place\n\nPoints\n\nTerrain\n\n20\n\n20\n\n65\n\nnear Avenal\n\nnear Avenal\n\n155\n\nVegetation & fuels\n\n20\n\n46\n\n80\n\nHanford\n\nnear Corcoran\n\n155\n\nHazard zone\n\n10\n\n10\n\n90\n\nnear Avenal\n\nnear Avenal\n\n155\n\nFire history\n\n5\n\n5\n\n95\n\nnear Corcoran\n\nnear Avenal\n\n155\n\nFire weather\n\n55.6\n\n56.8\n\n56.9\n\nnear Avenal\n\nnear Corcoran\n\n155\n\nComposite\n\n17.7\n\n26.5\n\n79.8\n\nHanford\n\nnear Avenal\n\n155\n\nIndependently of Satelife's layers, the USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities grid puts the county's mean annual burn probability at **0.34%** (90th percentile cell: **0.69%**), with a mean conditional flame length of **2.32 ft**. **76%** of the 24,522 grid cells inside the county carry burnable fuel at all.\n\nSource: USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities v2.0 (ImageServer, county extent).\n\nCAL FIRE has no mapped Fire Hazard Severity Zone at **5** of the 155 sampled points — the zones cover Local Responsibility Areas. At **5** of them the USFS grid above supplied the hazard reading instead.\n\n155 sample points on a ~2.3 km grid, plus one at the centre of each community, weighted with the Satelife county profile v1 · median layer coverage 100%. Scores are 0–100 and comparable within the county, not across states.\n\nFor a property\n\n## What a county range means for _one address_\n\nProperty-level building features were not measured in this county summary.\n\nWhat is measured is location-based risk around properties. Hazard-zone scores span from 10.0 to 90.0 near Avenal, showing that nearby locations can differ sharply.\n\nLocal fire-history scores also vary widely, from 5.0 near Corcoran to 95.0 near Avenal. For a specific address, the key question is where it sits within these local ranges, not just the county average.\n\nAcross 155 sampled points in Kings County, the score runs from 17.7 to 79.8 — two neighbouring parcels can sit in different tiers. A county number is the middle of that spread; it says nothing about which end yours is at.\n\nFind out where your Kings County parcel sits\n\nSlope, the fuel touching the structure, the road out, the fire history within a mile — measured at your address, not averaged across the county.\n\nFree to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan\n\nCoverage\n\n## ZIP codes we cover in Kings County\n\nEvery one of the 23 ZIP areas that touch Kings County — we run address-level reports in all of them. They are grouped by the median score of the points we sampled inside each, which is a neighbourhood-scale indicator and **not** a score for any property: two homes in the same ZIP routinely land in different tiers.\n\n**Moderate** 4 ZIPs\n\n-   [93201 Corcoran49](/wildfire-risk/zip/93201/)\n-   [93204 Avenal48](/wildfire-risk/zip/93204/)\n-   [93239 Avenal31](/wildfire-risk/zip/93239/)\n-   [93246 Lemoore27](/wildfire-risk/zip/93246/)\n\n**Low** 7 ZIPs\n\n-   [93245 Lemoore23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93245/)\n-   [93212 Corcoran23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93212/)\n-   [93230 Hanford23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93230/)\n-   [93266 Lemoore23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93266/)\n-   [93631 Hanford23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93631/)\n-   [93242 Armona22](/wildfire-risk/zip/93242/)\n-   [93202 Armona21](/wildfire-risk/zip/93202/)\n\n**No sampled point inside** 12 ZIPs\n\n[93210 Avenal](/wildfire-risk/zip/93210/) · [93234 Avenal](/wildfire-risk/zip/93234/) · [93249](/wildfire-risk/zip/93249/) · [93274 Corcoran](/wildfire-risk/zip/93274/) · [93277 Hanford](/wildfire-risk/zip/93277/) · [93280](/wildfire-risk/zip/93280/) · [93291 Hanford](/wildfire-risk/zip/93291/) · [93451](/wildfire-risk/zip/93451/) · [93461](/wildfire-risk/zip/93461/) · [93624 Lemoore](/wildfire-risk/zip/93624/) · [93656 Lemoore](/wildfire-risk/zip/93656/) · [93662 Hanford](/wildfire-risk/zip/93662/)\n\nGrouped from 11 of 23 ZIP areas — the rest had no sample point fall inside them. The community shown is the nearest mapped place to the ZIP's centre.\n\nZIP areas are Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting the county boundary.\n\nWhere to go next\n\n## Kings County wildfire risk _in context_\n\n[California wildfire risk The statewide picture and every county page we publish](/wildfire-risk/california/) [Wildfire risk by state Every state and county we cover](/wildfire-risk/) [How Satelife calculates wildfire risk Data sources, layers, score composition, honest limits](/wildfire-risk/methodology/) [Create a wildfire evacuation plan Zones, egress routes, refuge areas](/wildfire-evacuation-plan/) [Run a report for a Kings County address PDF + score + mitigation plan](/#cta)\n\nFAQ\n\n## Frequently asked questions about _Kings County wildfire risk_\n\nIs Kings County generally a high wildfire-risk county?\n\nCounty-wide, FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Kings County’s wildfire risk as Relatively Low. In the places we scored, the middle wildfire-risk value is 26.5, and most scored places fall in the Low tier.\n\nWhat are the most important fires to know here?\n\nThe largest fire named in this county context is Skyline (1996) at 20,568 acres. The most recent large fire is Q8 (2026) at 1,280 acres. Since 1984, 37,303 acres have burned in county fire perimeters.\n\nWhich community stands out for higher wildfire risk?\n\nAvenal stands out, with a typical local score of 47.7. Hanford, Corcoran, and Armona are each 22.7, and Lemoore is 23.3.\n\nIs fire weather the same as burn probability?\n\nNo. Fire-weather scores here are a separate measure and are tightly grouped (55.6 to 56.9). The federal burn-probability product reports \"0.34\" and \"0.69,\" which are burn-probability values, not fire-weather scores.\n\nThis page is generated from a Kings County data pack assembled on 2026-08-19 (pack v1.0). Scores are sampled across the county, not measured at any individual address, and are informational decision support — not a substitute for official evacuation orders, a fire-agency hazard determination, or an insurer's underwriting judgement. Data versions: fema\\_nri 1.20.0 (Dec 2025) · landfire per adapter · nifc\\_history All Years View · wfigs current · wrc v2.0 (2024) · zcta Census 2020.\n\n## What does _your parcel_ look like, layer by layer?\n\nA county range shows the spread. An address-level Satelife report shows where in that spread your property actually sits — PDF, per-layer score, and a prioritized mitigation plan.\n\n[Start with your address →](/#cta)\n\n[![PRR](/images/prr.png)](/ficha-de-website-voucher-satelife.pdf)\n\n© 2024–2026 Satelife, Lda. All rights reserved.\n\nSatelife reports are for informational purposes only and do not constitute insurance, financial, or legal advice."
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