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Is Bakersfield in a fire hazard severity zone?
17.1% of Bakersfield is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 4.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Bakersfield ranks 967 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.06 sq mi Very High, 5.74 sq mi High, 19.22 sq mi Moderate, out of 151.78 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 4.5% is 25.6 points below the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $347,300 is 12% above the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 40 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is HOSKING 3 in 2025. By decade: 1960s: 1, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 8, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 5, 2020s: 33. The state has not evaluated Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield
The state record shows 53 since 1950. The largest was BRECKENRIDGE COMPLEX in 2011 (25,223 acres in total).
- HOSKING 3 (2025), 18 acres
- HOSKING (2025), 9 acres
- LANGLEY (2025), 23 acres
- BIKE (2025), 6 acres
- RIVER (2025), 6 acres
- HILLCREST (2025), 14 acres
- PARK (2025), 9 acres
- CEMETARY (2025), 15 acres
- MORNING (2025), 32 acres
- POWER (2025), 6 acres
- DI GIORGIO (2024), 56 acres
- TAFT (2024), 5 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Bakersfield touches the Oil Center, Rio Bravo Ranch maps.
Nearby places compared
- Greenacres, 2.9 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $324,700
- Olde Stockdale, 3.5 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $642,900
- Rosedale, 4.3 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $594,000
- Old Stine, 5.2 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $233,500
- Benton Park, 6.2 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $230,600
- Old River, 6.6 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Casa Loma, 7.9 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $224,100
- Pumpkin Center, 8.4 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Oildale, 8.4 mi northeast: 26.1% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $225,000
- Lakeside, 8.5 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Rexland Acres, 8.6 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $186,300
- Cottonwood, 8.8 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $256,400