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Is Butte Creek Canyon in a fire hazard severity zone?
97.4% of Butte Creek Canyon is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 97.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Butte Creek Canyon ranks 161 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 10.99 sq mi Very High, 9.02 sq mi High, out of 20.54 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 97.4% is 46.5 points above the 50.9% of Butte County. The median home value of $700,700 is 71% above the county median of $408,700. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 11 for exposure; Bangor ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is CENTERVILLE in 2024. By decade: 1960s: 3, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 4, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Butte Creek Canyon 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 Butte County overall, 37.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Butte Creek Canyon
The state record shows 18 since 1950. The largest was CAMP in 2018 (153,336 acres in total).
- CENTERVILLE (2024), 62 acres
- CAMP (2018), 153,336 acres
- HONEY (2017), 154 acres
- CENTERVILLE (2013), 54 acres
- HUMBOLDT (2008), 23,344 acres
- HONEY (2007), 726 acres
- CENTERVILLE (2003), 91 acres
- SKYWAY (2002), 2,141 acres
- DOE MILL (1999), 10,857 acres
- BURTON (1992), 5,915 acres
- MAIDU (1992), 750 acres
- BIDWELL (1984), 6,192 acres
Nearby places compared
- Paradise, 3.7 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $391,100
- Magalia, 5.8 mi northeast: 93.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $254,400
- Butte Valley, 6.9 mi south: 97.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $492,400
- Concow, 8.3 mi east: 78.4% High or Very High, 9 fires
- Chico, 8.4 mi west: 35.4% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $455,300
- Forest Ranch, 9.6 mi north: 94.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $491,300
- Yankee Hill, 9.7 mi southeast: 99.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $592,400
- Cherokee, 10.3 mi southeast: 99.6% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Cohasset, 11.0 mi north: 97.8% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $532,300
- Durham, 11.1 mi southwest: 4.6% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $612,100
- Stirling City, 12.9 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $256,800
- Nord, 14.7 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $437,800