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Is Butte Valley in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.1% of Butte Valley is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 97.6% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Butte Valley ranks 157 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.59 sq mi Very High, 14.26 sq mi High, 0.27 sq mi Moderate, out of 18.28 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 97.6% is 46.7 points above the 50.9% of Butte County. The median home value of $492,400 is 20% above the county median of $408,700. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 10 for exposure; Bangor ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is CLARK in 2020. By decade: 1950s: 3, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 3, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Butte Valley 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 Valley
The state record shows 14 since 1950. The largest was CAMP in 2018 (153,336 acres in total).
- CLARK (2020), 107 acres
- CAMP (2018), 153,336 acres
- HUMBOLDT (2008), 23,344 acres
- BURTON (1992), 5,915 acres
- DURHAM PENTZ #2 (1986), 285 acres
- DURHAM PENTZ #1 (1986), 343 acres
- HAMLIN CANYON (1983), 2,634 acres
- CLARK RD. #2 (1979), 699 acres
- L. SEVEN (1973), 678 acres
- PENTZ (1966), 1,130 acres
- LUCKY 7 (1961), 620 acres
- S. FOSTER (1958), 444 acres
Nearby places compared
- Cherokee, 5.1 mi east: 99.6% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Paradise, 6.9 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $391,100
- Butte Creek Canyon, 6.9 mi north: 97.4% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $700,700
- Yankee Hill, 7.1 mi east: 99.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $592,400
- Durham, 9.4 mi west: 4.6% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $612,100
- Concow, 9.7 mi northeast: 78.4% High or Very High, 9 fires
- Magalia, 11.1 mi north: 93.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $254,400
- Thermalito, 11.9 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $257,400
- Oroville, 12.5 mi south: 9.7% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $280,600
- Berry Creek, 12.5 mi east: 83.1% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $276,400
- Chico, 12.6 mi northwest: 35.4% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $455,300
- Kelly Ridge, 12.8 mi southeast: 92.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $266,300