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Is Auburn in a fire hazard severity zone?
58.6% of Auburn is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 27.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Auburn ranks 739 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.22 sq mi Very High, 0.75 sq mi High, 2.25 sq mi Moderate, out of 7.19 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 27.4% is 6.7 points below the 34.1% of Placer County. The median home value of $642,400 is 2% below the county median of $658,800. Among 22 places in the county it ranks 16 for exposure; Alta ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is FORTY NINE in 2009. By decade: 1960s: 1, 2000s: 2. The state has not evaluated Auburn 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.
Fires recorded in or across Auburn
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was AUBURN in 1961 (672 acres in total).
- FORTY NINE (2009), 343 acres
- AMERICAN (2000), 148 acres
- AUBURN (1961), 672 acres
Nearby places compared
- North Auburn, 2.7 mi northwest: 15.3% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $503,400
- Newcastle, 3.7 mi southwest: 55.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $596,400
- Auburn Lake Trails, 4.1 mi east: 91.6% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $483,000
- Penryn, 6.1 mi southwest: 15.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $731,300
- Meadow Vista, 7.7 mi north: 98.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $609,700
- Loomis, 8.6 mi southwest: 39.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $649,800
- Lake of the Pines, 9.7 mi north: 98.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $639,400
- Granite Bay, 11.0 mi southwest: 46.3% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,094,100
- Coloma, 11.2 mi southeast: 97.5% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Lincoln, 11.4 mi west: 5.5% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $628,500
- Rocklin, 11.7 mi southwest: 13.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $673,300
- Georgetown, 12.7 mi east: 90.8% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $366,600