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Is Alta Sierra in a fire hazard severity zone?
69.4% of Alta Sierra is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 69.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Alta Sierra ranks 419 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.71 sq mi Very High, out of 1.02 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 69.4% is 39.3 points above the 30.1% of Kern County. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 20 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is FRENCH in 2021. By decade: 1970s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Alta Sierra 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 Kern County overall, 12.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Alta Sierra
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was FRENCH in 2021 (26,535 acres in total).
- FRENCH (2021), 26,535 acres
- (unnamed) (1973), 90 acres
Nearby places compared
- Wofford Heights, 4.0 mi east: 66.8% High or Very High, 20 fires, median home $196,600
- Kernville, 6.3 mi east: 36.1% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $357,100
- Panorama Heights, 6.9 mi northwest: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $262,500
- Lake Isabella, 7.2 mi southeast: 25.7% High or Very High, 51 fires, median home $112,200
- Poso Park, 7.5 mi northwest: 96.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Sugarloaf Saw Mill, 8.2 mi northwest: 67.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Sugarloaf Village, 8.2 mi northwest: 83.5% High or Very High, 0 fires
- McClenney Tract, 8.3 mi northwest: 55.8% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Idlewild, 8.8 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Posey, 9.2 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Glennville, 9.2 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Mountain Mesa, 10.2 mi southeast: 41.9% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $219,800