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Is Alta in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Alta is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 100.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Alta ranks 2 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 2.40 sq mi Very High, out of 2.40 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 100.0% is 65.9 points above the 34.1% of Placer County. The median home value of $468,200 is 29% below the county median of $658,800. Among 22 places in the county it ranks 1 for exposure; Alta ranks first at 100.0%. The state has not evaluated Alta 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 Placer County overall, 24.9% of the land is Very High.
No fire perimeter since 1950 touches Alta in the state record. Small fires are often missing from it.
Nearby places compared
- Dutch Flat, 1.9 mi west: 98.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $415,000
- Washington, 9.8 mi north: 41.5% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Colfax, 11.6 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $397,100
- Nevada City, 12.2 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $607,300
- Grass Valley, 14.2 mi west: 91.2% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $458,400
- Foresthill, 14.7 mi south: 56.4% High or Very High, 3 fires
- Alta Sierra, 15.1 mi southwest: 97.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $560,600
- Graniteville, 16.3 mi north: 29.2% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Alleghany, 17.6 mi north: 91.7% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Rough and Ready, 18.0 mi west: 93.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $659,900
- Pike, 18.4 mi northwest: 75.7% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,036,800
- Lake of the Pines, 18.5 mi southwest: 98.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $639,400