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.

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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.

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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.

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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), — **Garza Fire, 2017** — Kings County. Photo: The National Guard Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza/California National Guard · Public domain

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

Named fires on record

Garza Fire201748,887 acres in totalcrossed into the county
Skyline Fire199620,568 acres
Flat Top Fire19847,218 acres
Tar Fire20075,671 acres in totalcrossed into the county
Q8 Fire20261,280 acres
Hwy 41 Fire19963,198 acres
State Of Cal #32 Fire19792,293 acres
Salt 14-2 Fire202525,580 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.

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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

Low 7 ZIPs

No sampled point inside 12 ZIPs

93210 Avenal · 93234 Avenal · 93249 · 93274 Corcoran · 93277 Hanford · 93280 · 93291 Hanford · 93451 · 93461 · 93624 Lemoore · 93656 Lemoore · 93662 Hanford

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 by state Every state and county we cover How Satelife calculates wildfire risk Data sources, layers, score composition, honest limits Create a wildfire evacuation plan Zones, egress routes, refuge areas Run a report for a Kings County address PDF + score + mitigation plan

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.

Wildfire risk in Kings County: where it is highest, and why

Half of Kings County scores Moderate or worse

And the federal models agree it is a fire county

What the data says about Kings County

Where the fires actually were

Where in the county you are matters most

Terrain, vegetation and fuels

Fire weather across Kings County

Which part of the risk moves, and which doesn't

What a county range means for one address

ZIP codes we cover in Kings County

Kings County wildfire risk in context

Frequently asked questions about Kings County wildfire risk

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