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Is Bell Canyon in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Bell Canyon is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 100.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Bell Canyon ranks 5 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.63 sq mi Very High, out of 3.63 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 100.0% is 61.3 points above the 38.7% of Ventura County. The median home value of $2,000,001 is 160% above the county median of $768,400. Among 24 places in the county it ranks 1 for exposure; Bell Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is WOOLSEY in 2018. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover Bell Canyon with liquefaction 4.5%, landslide 30.5%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Ventura County overall, 36.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Bell Canyon
The state record shows 8 since 1950. The largest was CLAMPITT in 1970 (115,537 acres in total).
- WOOLSEY (2018), 89,551 acres
- TOPANGA (2005), 23,396 acres
- CALABASAS (2000), 1,024 acres
- DAYTON CANYON (1982), 43,097 acres
- OAT (1981), 17,787 acres
- CLAMPITT (1970), 115,537 acres
- DEVONSHIRE-PARKER (1967), 23,094 acres
- (unnamed) (1959), 385 acres
Nearby places compared
- Hidden Hills, 3.5 mi southeast: 84.9% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Santa Susana, 3.7 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $697,200
- Oak Park, 4.6 mi west: 80.7% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $1,017,100
- Simi Valley, 5.1 mi northwest: 70.9% High or Very High, 59 fires, median home $753,500
- Calabasas, 5.3 mi south: 96.3% High or Very High, 38 fires, median home $1,453,900
- Agoura Hills, 5.9 mi southwest: 85.9% High or Very High, 27 fires, median home $1,072,200
- Thousand Oaks, 8.7 mi west: 76.4% High or Very High, 71 fires, median home $951,200
- Topanga, 9.1 mi southeast: 98.0% High or Very High, 47 fires, median home $1,643,000
- Westlake Village, 9.2 mi southwest: 77.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $1,212,800
- Pepperdine University, 11.6 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $763,900
- Lake Sherwood, 11.8 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Moorpark, 12.0 mi northwest: 87.7% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $852,800