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Is Boulder Creek in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Boulder Creek is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 100.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Boulder Creek ranks 88 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.89 sq mi Very High, 3.60 sq mi High, out of 7.49 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 100.0% is 28.7 points above the 71.2% of Santa Cruz County. The median home value of $785,200 is 23% below the county median of $1,015,200. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 3 for exposure; Lompico ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX in 2020. By decade: 2010s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Boulder 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 Santa Cruz County overall, 8.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Boulder Creek
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX in 2020 (86,553 acres in total).
- CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX (2020), 86,553 acres
- BEAR (2018), 9 acres
Nearby places compared
- Brookdale, 2.4 mi south: 75.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $810,500
- Lompico, 4.4 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $630,600
- Ben Lomond, 4.7 mi southeast: 77.7% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $956,100
- Zayante, 5.6 mi southeast: 98.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $713,100
- Bonny Doon, 6.2 mi south: 63.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,135,600
- Mount Hermon, 7.0 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,032,800
- Felton, 7.1 mi south: 19.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $836,700
- Lexington Hills, 7.8 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,177,900
- Scotts Valley, 8.4 mi southeast: 61.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,092,000
- Davenport, 9.3 mi southwest: 27.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,000,000
- Monte Sereno, 10.1 mi northeast: 12.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Paradise Park, 10.2 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire