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Is Aptos in a fire hazard severity zone?
93.5% of Aptos is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 59.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Aptos ranks 493 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.89 sq mi High, 2.26 sq mi Moderate, out of 6.58 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 59.2% is 12.1 points below the 71.2% of Santa Cruz County. The median home value of $1,098,200 is 8% above the county median of $1,015,200. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 12 for exposure; Lompico ranks first at 100.0%. The state has not evaluated Aptos 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 Santa Cruz County overall, 8.9% of the land is Very High.
No fire perimeter since 1950 touches Aptos in the state record. Small fires are often missing from it.
Nearby places compared
- Seacliff, 1.9 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,085,900
- Day Valley, 2.7 mi northeast: 69.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,187,200
- Rio del Mar, 3.0 mi south: 7.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,242,600
- Soquel, 3.2 mi west: 33.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $908,500
- Capitola, 3.9 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $746,000
- Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 4.2 mi southeast: 95.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $980,800
- Live Oak, 4.9 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $975,900
- Pleasure Point, 5.1 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,230,200
- La Selva Beach, 5.3 mi southeast: 60.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,195,100
- Corralitos, 5.6 mi east: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,603,800
- Twin Lakes, 5.8 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $958,300
- Freedom, 6.2 mi southeast: 42.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $664,200