A recent study examined California's vertical land motion between 2015 to 2023. ... California Map Shows Where Land Is Sinking Fastest. Published Feb 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM EST. By .

In 2011, phase four counties had 646,838 acres in the very high category. The new maps have 817,212 acres categorized as very high, 364,767 acres in the high category and 2,956,761 acres in the ...

Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or “very high” danger of wildfires ...