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  "title": "Wildfire Risk in ZIP 96120 (Markleeville), CA | Satelife",
  "description": "ZIP 96120 in Markleeville, Alpine County, CA: the points we sampled inside it score a median 68 out of 100 (High), against 41.8–79.4 across Alpine County. Wildfire risk is measured per parcel, not per ZIP.",
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  "content": "[Home](/)›[Wildfire Risk](/wildfire-risk/)›[California](/wildfire-risk/california/)›[Alpine County](/wildfire-risk/california/alpine-county/)›ZIP 96120\n\nZIP 96120 · Markleeville, Alpine County, CA\n\n# Wildfire risk in _ZIP 96120_, Markleeville\n\nThe points we sampled inside this ZIP score a median of **68** out of 100 — **High**, above the Alpine County middle of 63.2. That is a neighbourhood-scale reading, not a score for any address in it.\n\n[Score my 96120 address →](#score-my-address) [Open the Alpine County page ↓](/wildfire-risk/california/alpine-county/)\n\nAt a glance\n\n## What we measured in _96120_\n\n68 median of the 48 sampled points inside this ZIP · High\n\n41.8–79.4 the range across Alpine County, from 152 points\n\n70% of the way up the county's measured range\n\nMarkleeville nearest mapped community to this ZIP's centre\n\nThe four tiers on this page are the ones a Satelife address report prints — Low below 25, Moderate to 50, High to 75, Very High above it. A ZIP is a postal area, so the number above is the middle of what we measured inside it. Either way, two houses in this ZIP can sit in different tiers, and the only way to know which is to score the parcel.\n\nWhat does your 96120 address score?\n\nThe ZIP number above is a neighbourhood median. Slope, the fuel touching the structure, the road out and the fire history within a mile are measured at the address itself.\n\nFree to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan\n\nFire record\n\n## The fires _nearest to here_\n\nDistances are from the centre of ZIP 96120 to the centre of each fire's mapped perimeter, so a large fire's edge may have come far closer than the number suggests. The full record for the county — every named fire, the acreage and the share of the county burned — is on the [Alpine County page](/wildfire-risk/california/alpine-county/).\n\nAcorn Fire 1987 · 6,354 acres · Alpine County 5_km away_\n\nTamarack Fire 2021 · 67,054 acres · Alpine County 9_km away_\n\nIndian Fire 1984 · 17,771 acres · Alpine County 14_km away_\n\nWashington Fire 2015 · 17,790 acres · Alpine County 15_km away_\n\nSlink Fire 2020 · 26,752 acres · Alpine County 34_km away_\n\nWhere to go next\n\n## ZIP 96120 _in context_\n\n[Wildfire risk in Alpine County The full county page: fire record, what drives the score, communities](/wildfire-risk/california/alpine-county/) [California wildfire risk Every county we publish in the state](/wildfire-risk/california/) [How Satelife calculates wildfire risk Data sources, layers, score composition, honest limits](/wildfire-risk/methodology/) [Run a report for a 96120 address PDF + score + mitigation plan](/#cta)\n\nThis page is built from the Alpine County data pack: risk samples on a grid across the county, of which 48 fell inside ZIP 96120. Scores are informational decision support — not a substitute for official evacuation orders, a fire-agency hazard determination, or an insurer's underwriting judgement, and never a measurement of any individual property.\n\n## What does _your parcel_ look like, layer by layer?\n\nA ZIP median is the middle of a neighbourhood. 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."
}