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Is Buckhorn in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.7% of Buckhorn is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 99.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Buckhorn ranks 111 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.90 sq mi Very High, out of 4.92 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 99.7% is 27.7 points above the 72.0% of Amador County. The median home value of $333,200 is 21% below the county median of $422,800. Among 19 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Amador City ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is POWERHOUSE in 2004. By decade: 1960s: 1, 2000s: 1. The state has not evaluated Buckhorn 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 Amador County overall, 44.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Buckhorn
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was P.G. & E. #3 in 1965 (1,570 acres in total).
- POWERHOUSE (2004), 113 acres
- P.G. & E. #3 (1965), 1,570 acres
Nearby places compared
- Amador Pines, 2.5 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $340,800
- West Point, 3.4 mi south: 89.5% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Pioneer, 3.6 mi southwest: 93.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $397,500
- Lockwood, 4.4 mi northwest: 97.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $500,000
- Volcano, 4.9 mi west: 99.7% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Red Corral, 5.1 mi southwest: 90.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $397,600
- Wilseyville, 5.9 mi southeast: 81.7% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $288,500
- Glencoe, 7.4 mi south: 68.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $385,700
- Pine Grove, 8.0 mi southwest: 97.5% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $375,100
- Rail Road Flat, 8.6 mi south: 89.6% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $366,900
- Grizzly Flats, 12.6 mi north: 72.8% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $369,100
- Fiddletown, 13.0 mi west: 95.9% High or Very High, 1 fire