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Is Brea in a fire hazard severity zone?
55.1% of Brea is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 51.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Brea ranks 552 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 6.13 sq mi Very High, 0.44 sq mi High, 0.43 sq mi Moderate, out of 12.69 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 51.7% is 14.3 points above the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $874,300 is 5% below the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 13 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is NIGUEL in 2021. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 4, 2000s: 3, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Brea with fault zone 3.8%, liquefaction 12.6%, landslide 19.4%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Brea
The state record shows 17 since 1950. The largest was FREEWAY in 2008 (30,305 acres in total).
- NIGUEL (2021), 22 acres
- CARBON CANYON PARK (2017), 4 acres
- ROSE (2011), 15 acres
- CARBON CANYON (2011), 508 acres
- FREEWAY (2008), 30,305 acres
- ROSE (2007), 8 acres
- CARBON CANYON (2004), 18 acres
- CARBON (1994), 757 acres
- WAGON (1994), 570 acres
- YORBA (1990), 7,884 acres
- CARBON CANYON (1990), 4,978 acres
- TELEGRAPH (1985), 1,635 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Brea touches the Yorba Linda map.
Nearby places compared
- Placentia, 3.3 mi south: 0.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $871,000
- Rowland Heights, 3.4 mi north: 59.9% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $812,900
- Fullerton, 3.8 mi southwest: 13.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $859,600
- La Habra, 4.2 mi west: 7.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $716,700
- La Habra Heights, 5.0 mi northwest: 54.4% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $1,114,100
- Diamond Bar, 5.9 mi northeast: 56.1% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $867,000
- Yorba Linda, 6.4 mi southeast: 47.2% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $1,091,700
- South San Jose Hills, 6.6 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $540,400
- East Whittier, 6.7 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $750,700
- Anaheim, 6.9 mi southwest: 21.0% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $771,700
- Walnut, 7.3 mi north: 35.7% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $972,500
- La Mirada, 7.9 mi west: 1.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $763,200