The maps, created by the State Fire Marshal, show that the very-high fire severity zone in Sacramento quadrupled in size from where it was over a decade ago.
McDougald said they also now have more precise local weather models based on wind speed.
About 60,000 acres are in the moderate severity zone in Cal Fire's updated maps. That zone includes communities in Rancho Cordova, Mather Airport and around Folsom.
In mostly south and southeast Sacramento, there are over 2,000 acres in the high fire hazard severity zone and 1,267 acres mostly near the Amador and San Joaquin county lines in the very-high fire hazard severity zone.
"One of the challenges we have had historically over the last five, ten years is late rains," said Metro Fire Battalion Chief Parker Wilbourn.
"And allows that fire to spread very rapidly through those fuel beds and potentially threatening neighborhoods," Wilbourn said.
The maps are a crucial tool for communities, but if California has learned anything in the past decade, it is that no community is immune to fire risk.
Cal Fire is not requiring mitigation in areas listed as moderate, but Sac Metro Fire is doing weed abatement work in these areas anyway. It will be releasing those plans for the year later this month.
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