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Is Ben Lomond in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Ben Lomond is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 77.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Ben Lomond ranks 348 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 6.49 sq mi High, 1.86 sq mi Moderate, out of 8.36 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 77.7% is 6.5 points above the 71.2% of Santa Cruz County. The median home value of $956,100 is 6% below the county median of $1,015,200. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Lompico ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BONNY COMPLEX in 2021. By decade: 1950s: 2, 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Ben Lomond 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 Santa Cruz County overall, 8.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Ben Lomond
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX in 2020 (86,553 acres in total).
- BONNY COMPLEX (2021), 20 acres
- CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX (2020), 86,553 acres
- NEWELL CREEK #2 (1959), 1,327 acres
- NEWELL CREEK (1954), 166 acres
Nearby places compared
- Zayante, 2.4 mi east: 98.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $713,100
- Brookdale, 2.4 mi northwest: 75.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $810,500
- Mount Hermon, 2.4 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,032,800
- Felton, 2.5 mi south: 19.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $836,700
- Lompico, 2.9 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $630,600
- Bonny Doon, 3.7 mi southwest: 63.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,135,600
- Scotts Valley, 4.4 mi east: 61.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,092,000
- Boulder Creek, 4.7 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $785,200
- Paradise Park, 5.5 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Pasatiempo, 5.9 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,485,100
- Davenport, 7.2 mi southwest: 27.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,000,000
- Santa Cruz, 7.4 mi southeast: 1.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,180,100