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Is Bodfish in a fire hazard severity zone?
56.0% of Bodfish is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 56.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Bodfish ranks 525 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.31 sq mi Very High, 0.30 sq mi High, out of 8.23 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 56.0% is 26.0 points above the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $104,700 is 66% below the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 23 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is ISABELLA in 2025. By decade: 1960s: 1, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 4, 1990s: 5, 2000s: 3, 2010s: 9, 2020s: 5. The state has not evaluated Bodfish 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 Kern County overall, 12.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Bodfish
The state record shows 29 since 1950. The largest was BOREL in 2024 (59,289 acres in total).
- ISABELLA (2025), 6 acres
- ANGLER (2025), 3 acres
- BOREL (2024), 59,289 acres
- RED (2024), 98 acres
- POST (2023), 6 acres
- HOOPER (2018), 13 acres
- LAKEWOOD (2017), 40 acres
- HUB (2017), 31 acres
- PIUTE (2013), 0 acres
- CLEAR (2012), 1,452 acres
- SOUTH (2012), 246 acres
- HOOPER (2012), 4 acres
Nearby places compared
- Lake Isabella, 4.8 mi north: 25.7% High or Very High, 51 fires, median home $112,200
- Squirrel Mountain Valley, 5.4 mi northeast: 99.9% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $345,500
- Mountain Mesa, 6.6 mi northeast: 41.9% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $219,800
- Wofford Heights, 9.8 mi north: 66.8% High or Very High, 20 fires, median home $196,600
- Weldon, 10.6 mi northeast: 54.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $153,300
- Kernville, 11.6 mi north: 36.1% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $357,100
- Alta Sierra, 11.7 mi north: 69.4% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Glennville, 16.8 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Panorama Heights, 18.3 mi northwest: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $262,500
- Onyx, 18.7 mi northeast: 57.5% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $174,300
- Poso Park, 18.9 mi northwest: 96.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- McClenney Tract, 19.7 mi northwest: 55.8% High or Very High, 0 fires