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Is Bangor in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Bangor is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 100.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Bangor ranks 4 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.18 sq mi Very High, 12.25 sq mi High, out of 13.43 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 100.0% is 49.1 points above the 50.9% of Butte County. The median home value of $363,600 is 11% below the county median of $408,700. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 1 for exposure; Bangor ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is GROVE in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Bangor 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 Butte County overall, 37.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Bangor
The state record shows 6 since 1950. The largest was CASCADE in 2017 (16,141 acres in total).
- GROVE (2025), 78 acres
- PARK (2022), 56 acres
- CASCADE (2017), 16,141 acres
- GRIMY (2015), 19 acres
- BANGOR (2007), 1,057 acres
- SUGAR LOAF (1953), 2,602 acres
Nearby places compared
- Loma Rica, 3.6 mi south: 99.6% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $491,600
- Rackerby, 4.4 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $387,500
- Honcut, 7.8 mi southwest: 62.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $266,900
- Palermo, 8.1 mi northwest: 63.4% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $287,000
- Robinson Mill, 8.5 mi northeast: 96.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Challenge-Brownsville, 8.9 mi northeast: 84.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $338,900
- Oroville East, 9.3 mi northwest: 85.4% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $381,900
- Dobbins, 10.1 mi east: 98.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $411,100
- South Oroville, 10.2 mi northwest: 43.6% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $248,400
- Kelly Ridge, 10.8 mi north: 92.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $266,300
- Oroville, 11.6 mi northwest: 9.7% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $280,600
- Forbestown, 12.7 mi northeast: 61.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $195,800