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Is Ahwahnee in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.4% of Ahwahnee is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 99.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Ahwahnee ranks 131 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 2.61 sq mi Very High, 8.81 sq mi High, 0.05 sq mi Moderate, out of 11.54 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 99.0% is 74.0 points above the 24.9% of Madera County. The median home value of $448,000 is 22% above the county median of $367,700. Among 17 places in the county it ranks 3 for exposure; Nipinnawasee ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is HARLOW in 1961. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1960s: 1. The state has not evaluated Ahwahnee for liquefaction or landslides, so the absence of a seismic hazard zone proves nothing.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Madera County overall, 9.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Ahwahnee
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was HARLOW in 1961 (43,331 acres in total).
- HARLOW (1961), 43,331 acres
- OAKHURST (1951), 1,366 acres
- MOCCHI (1951), 474 acres
Nearby places compared
- Nipinnawasee, 2.7 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $345,700
- Oakhurst, 5.2 mi east: 64.2% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $372,500
- Bass Lake, 7.9 mi east: 57.8% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Coarsegold, 8.4 mi south: 96.3% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $315,000
- Fish Camp, 8.8 mi northeast: 87.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Bootjack, 11.9 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $403,300
- Yosemite Lakes, 12.2 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $353,700
- Wawona, 13.2 mi north: 25.7% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $739,600
- North Fork, 14.6 mi southeast: 72.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $331,500
- Mariposa, 16.3 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $306,100
- Midpines, 17.7 mi northwest: 85.3% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Yosemite West, 19.5 mi north: 99.3% High or Very High, 1 fire