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Is Benbow in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Benbow is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 95.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Benbow ranks 182 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.17 sq mi Very High, 1.50 sq mi High, 0.20 sq mi Moderate, out of 4.88 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 95.9% is 45.2 points above the 50.6% of Humboldt County. The median home value of $336,500 is 20% below the county median of $418,800. Among 40 places in the county it ranks 3 for exposure; Alderpoint ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is COUNTY ROADSIDE #10 in 1959. By decade: 1950s: 1. The state has not evaluated Benbow 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 Humboldt County overall, 21.3% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Benbow
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was COUNTY ROADSIDE #10 in 1959 (965 acres in total).
- COUNTY ROADSIDE #10 (1959), 965 acres
Nearby places compared
- Garberville, 3.2 mi northwest: 87.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $418,000
- Redway, 5.3 mi northwest: 56.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $363,700
- Alderpoint, 10.2 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Phillipsville, 10.4 mi north: 10.2% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Miranda, 11.9 mi north: 56.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $402,400
- Leggett, 13.8 mi south: 99.5% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Myers Flat, 15.4 mi northwest: 42.7% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Shelter Cove, 15.8 mi west: 73.9% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $457,700
- Weott, 19.9 mi northwest: 94.7% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Redcrest, 25.3 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Ruth, 27.3 mi northeast: 20.7% High or Very High, 24 fires
- Mad River, 29.4 mi northeast: 46.3% High or Very High, 28 fires, median home $280,900