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Is Big Creek in a fire hazard severity zone?
9.1% of Big Creek is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 9.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Big Creek ranks 906 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.04 sq mi Very High, out of 0.43 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 9.1% is 8.7 points below the 17.8% of Fresno County. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 5 for exposure; Squaw Valley ranks first at 96.3%. The latest recorded fire is CREEK in 2020. By decade: 1990s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Big Creek 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 Fresno County overall, 7.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Big Creek
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was CREEK in 2020 (379,842 acres in total).
- CREEK (2020), 379,842 acres
- BIG CREEK (1994), 5,703 acres
Nearby places compared
- Shaver Lake, 8.5 mi southwest: 60.7% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $582,800
- Auberry, 14.2 mi southwest: 62.9% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $351,300
- North Fork, 14.5 mi west: 72.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $331,500
- Bass Lake, 20.1 mi northwest: 57.8% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Oakhurst, 23.2 mi northwest: 64.2% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $372,500
- Coarsegold, 25.2 mi west: 96.3% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $315,000
- Millerton, 28.0 mi southwest: 11.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $582,500
- Ahwahnee, 28.0 mi northwest: 99.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $448,000
- Fish Camp, 28.5 mi northwest: 87.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Yosemite Lakes, 29.0 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $353,700
- Friant, 29.6 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $260,200
- Nipinnawasee, 29.8 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $345,700