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Is Bucks Lake in a fire hazard severity zone?
15.3% of Bucks Lake is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 15.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Bucks Lake ranks 845 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.56 sq mi Very High, 0.03 sq mi High, out of 10.35 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 15.3% is 9.4 points below the 24.7% of Plumas County. Among 46 places in the county it ranks 42 for exposure; East Shore ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is DIXIE in 2021. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Bucks Lake 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 Plumas County overall, 21.5% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Bucks Lake
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was DIXIE in 2021 (963,405 acres in total).
- DIXIE (2021), 963,405 acres
- NORTH COMPLEX (2020), 318,797 acres
- BUCKS (1999), 34,236 acres
- MILK RANCH (1951), 21,979 acres
Nearby places compared
- Meadow Valley, 4.5 mi northeast: 34.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $280,200
- Tobin, 8.9 mi northwest: 0.6% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Belden, 10.6 mi northwest: 38.2% High or Very High, 7 fires
- Quincy, 10.9 mi east: 68.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $284,500
- East Quincy, 12.3 mi east: 39.9% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $303,200
- Twain, 12.5 mi northeast: 43.0% High or Very High, 4 fires
- Paxton, 12.5 mi northeast: 26.5% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Caribou, 13.6 mi north: 4.2% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Keddie, 13.8 mi northeast: 37.2% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Little Grass Valley, 14.8 mi southeast: 61.5% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Indian Falls, 15.3 mi northeast: 18.6% High or Very High, 2 fires
- La Porte, 16.8 mi southeast: 11.2% High or Very High, 0 fires