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Is Banning in a fire hazard severity zone?
65.0% of Banning is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 58.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Banning ranks 504 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 11.84 sq mi Very High, 1.72 sq mi High, 1.55 sq mi Moderate, out of 23.24 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 58.3% is 42.0 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $322,900 is 37% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 24 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is WOLF in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 7, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 8, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 6, 2000s: 4, 2010s: 6, 2020s: 4. The state has not evaluated Banning 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Banning
The state record shows 42 since 1950. The largest was ESPERANZA in 2006 (40,177 acres in total).
- WOLF (2025), 2,414 acres
- HIGHLAND (2023), 104 acres
- WESTWARD (2021), 88 acres
- APPLE (2020), 33,236 acres
- BOGART (2016), 1,459 acres
- SUMMIT (2013), 3,166 acres
- SILVER (2013), 20,308 acres
- BLUFF (2012), 44 acres
- BLUFF 2 (2012), 26 acres
- FREE (2011), 52 acres
- ESPERANZA (2006), 40,177 acres
- MOUNTAIN (2006), 126 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Banning touches the Beaumont, Cabazon, Forest Falls maps.
Nearby places compared
- Cherry Valley, 4.4 mi west: 70.0% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $358,000
- Beaumont, 5.7 mi southwest: 67.6% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $464,000
- Oak Glen, 6.1 mi northwest: 71.5% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $867,600
- Cabazon, 7.4 mi southeast: 94.8% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $248,800
- Calimesa, 9.3 mi west: 87.0% High or Very High, 20 fires, median home $423,300
- Yucaipa, 10.3 mi northwest: 61.1% High or Very High, 31 fires, median home $466,000
- Whitewater, 12.1 mi east: 35.6% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $273,600
- San Jacinto, 13.5 mi southwest: 26.9% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $391,600
- Mentone, 13.7 mi northwest: 59.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $414,200
- Valle Vista, 15.4 mi south: 39.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $315,400
- Lakeview, 16.3 mi southwest: 1.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $492,100
- East Hemet, 16.7 mi south: 32.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $370,300