--- 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." image: "https://satelife.ai/images/wildfire-risk/kings-county/generated/kings-county-locator.webp" canonical: "https://satelife.ai/wildfire-risk/california/kings-county/" --- [Home](/)›[Wildfire Risk](/wildfire-risk/)›[California](/wildfire-risk/california/)›Kings County Kings County, California # Wildfire risk in Kings County: _where it is highest_, and why 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. [Score my Kings County address →](#score-my-address) [How risky is this county? ↓](#risk-at-a-glance) Before 20002000s2010s2020sCommunity Kings County — the largest fires on record, at their perimeter centres, with the county’s main communities. Select a marker for its detail. At a glance ## Half of Kings County scores _Moderate_ or worse We 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. 12% 43% 44% **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 Safest end we measured 17.7 near Hanford · Low Middle of the county 26.5 Moderate — half of Kings County is above this Most exposed end we measured 79.8 near Avenal · Very High ### And the federal models agree it is a fire county Relatively Low FEMA National Risk Index — wildfire risk rating · index score 77.1 / 100 $245k / yr FEMA NRI — expected annual loss from wildfire · rated Relatively Low 0.34% USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities — mean annual burn probability · 90th-percentile cell 0.69% 2.32 ft USFS WRC — mean conditional flame length · 76% of the county carries burnable fuel FEMA NRI also rates Kings County: all-hazards risk Relatively Moderate · social vulnerability Relatively High · community resilience Very Low · annualised wildfire frequency 0.0045. Sources: 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. What does your Kings County address score? A county range shows the spread. Your parcel sits somewhere inside it — the report says where, and what to do about it. Free to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan Local context ## What the data says about _Kings County_ Most scored places fall in the Low tier, with Moderate close behind. High and Very High locations are present, but they are less common. For 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. Fire record ## Where the fires _actually were_ Since 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. The 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. Other 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. ![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) **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) 25 mapped fire perimeters centred in the county since 1984 37,303 acres inside those perimeters since 1984 4.2% of the county's area, as a share of 3,587.5 km² Q8 2026 most recent large fire on record Before 20002000s2010s2020s Fire perimeters coloured by decade. Select a perimeter for its name, year and size. Named fires on record - **Garza Fire**201748,887 acres in totalcrossed into the county - **Skyline Fire**199620,568 acres - **Flat Top Fire**19847,218 acres - **Tar Fire**20075,671 acres in totalcrossed into the county - **Q8 Fire**20261,280 acres - **Hwy 41 Fire**19963,198 acres - **State Of Cal #32 Fire**19792,293 acres - **Salt 14-2 Fire**202525,580 acres in totalcrossed into the county Perimeter 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. Communities ## Where in the county you are _matters most_ For 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. Lemoore is similar at 23.3, while Avenal is notably higher at 47.7. Armona is 22.7, in line with Hanford and Corcoran. County-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. Avenal town · 16,837 people 47.7 _Moderate_ Lemoore town · 22,916 people 23.3 _Low_ Hanford city · 56,910 people 22.7 _Low_ Corcoran town · 23,403 people 22.7 _Low_ Armona village · 4,156 people 22.7 _Low_ The 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. Terrain & fuels ## Terrain, vegetation and _fuels_ Terrain 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. Vegetation 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. Taken together, steeper ground in and around Avenal and heavier fuels near Corcoran are associated with higher wildfire risk in those local areas. 20 median terrain score (max 65 near Avenal) 46 median vegetation & fuels score (max 80 near Corcoran) Fire weather ## Fire weather across _Kings County_ Fire 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. A 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". That same federal product indicates 75.8% of the county is in places that can burn under its mapping framework. 55.6 lowest fire-weather score — near Avenal 56.9 highest fire-weather score — near Corcoran What drives it ## Which part of the risk _moves_, and which doesn't Risk is not uniform across Kings County. The highest scored location is near Avenal at 79.8, while the lowest is Hanford at 17.7. By community, Hanford, Corcoran, and Armona are all at 22.7, and Lemoore is close at 23.3. Avenal stands out higher at 47.7. So two homes in different parts of the county can sit in very different wildfire-risk conditions, even within the same county-level FEMA rating. Each 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. Terrain 20–65 highest near Avenal Vegetation & fuels 20–80 highest near Corcoran Hazard zone 10–90 highest near Avenal Fire history 5–95 highest near Avenal Fire weather 55.6–56.9 highest near Corcoran Overall score 17.7–79.8 highest near Avenal The 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. Show every number behind these bars Layer Min Median Max Lowest place Highest place Points Terrain 20 20 65 near Avenal near Avenal 155 Vegetation & fuels 20 46 80 Hanford near Corcoran 155 Hazard zone 10 10 90 near Avenal near Avenal 155 Fire history 5 5 95 near Corcoran near Avenal 155 Fire weather 55.6 56.8 56.9 near Avenal near Corcoran 155 Composite 17.7 26.5 79.8 Hanford near Avenal 155 Independently 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. Source: USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities v2.0 (ImageServer, county extent). CAL 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. 155 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. For a property ## What a county range means for _one address_ Property-level building features were not measured in this county summary. What 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. Local 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. Across 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. Find out where your Kings County parcel sits Slope, the fuel touching the structure, the road out, the fire history within a mile — measured at your address, not averaged across the county. Free to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan Coverage ## ZIP codes we cover in Kings County Every 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. **Moderate** 4 ZIPs - [93201 Corcoran49](/wildfire-risk/zip/93201/) - [93204 Avenal48](/wildfire-risk/zip/93204/) - [93239 Avenal31](/wildfire-risk/zip/93239/) - [93246 Lemoore27](/wildfire-risk/zip/93246/) **Low** 7 ZIPs - [93245 Lemoore23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93245/) - [93212 Corcoran23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93212/) - [93230 Hanford23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93230/) - [93266 Lemoore23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93266/) - [93631 Hanford23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93631/) - [93242 Armona22](/wildfire-risk/zip/93242/) - [93202 Armona21](/wildfire-risk/zip/93202/) **No sampled point inside** 12 ZIPs [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/) Grouped 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. ZIP areas are Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting the county boundary. Where to go next ## Kings County wildfire risk _in context_ [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) FAQ ## Frequently asked questions about _Kings County wildfire risk_ Is Kings County generally a high wildfire-risk county? County-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. What are the most important fires to know here? The 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. Which community stands out for higher wildfire risk? Avenal stands out, with a typical local score of 47.7. Hanford, Corcoran, and Armona are each 22.7, and Lemoore is 23.3. Is fire weather the same as burn probability? No. 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. This 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. ## What does _your parcel_ look like, layer by layer? A 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. [Start with your address →](/#cta) [![PRR](/images/prr.png)](/ficha-de-website-voucher-satelife.pdf) © 2024–2026 Satelife, Lda. All rights reserved. Satelife reports are for informational purposes only and do not constitute insurance, financial, or legal advice.