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Is Calimesa in a fire hazard severity zone?
89.8% of Calimesa is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 87.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Calimesa ranks 275 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 12.40 sq mi Very High, 0.56 sq mi High, 0.42 sq mi Moderate, out of 14.90 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 87.0% is 70.6 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $423,300 is 17% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 5 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is SANDALWOOD in 2019. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 5, 2010s: 4. The state has not evaluated Calimesa 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Calimesa
The state record shows 20 since 1950. The largest was CASCO #2 in 1970 (6,234 acres in total).
- SANDALWOOD (2019), 1,008 acres
- PALMER (2017), 3,872 acres
- MUSTANG (2015), 8 acres
- LIVE OAK (2013), 73 acres
- TAYLOR (1998), 2,056 acres
- CALIMESA (1997), 423 acres
- OAK (1996), 110 acres
- SAN TIMOTEO (1994), 371 acres
- (unnamed) (1992), 205 acres
- (unnamed) (1989), 203 acres
- (unnamed) (1988), 1,043 acres
- ROCHE (1981), 2,316 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Calimesa touches the El Casco map.
Nearby places compared
- Yucaipa, 4.3 mi north: 61.1% High or Very High, 31 fires, median home $466,000
- Cherry Valley, 4.9 mi east: 70.0% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $358,000
- Mentone, 6.2 mi northwest: 59.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $414,200
- Oak Glen, 7.3 mi northeast: 71.5% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $867,600
- Beaumont, 8.4 mi southeast: 67.6% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $464,000
- Redlands, 8.5 mi northwest: 49.4% High or Very High, 41 fires, median home $583,000
- Moreno Valley, 9.1 mi southwest: 32.6% High or Very High, 60 fires, median home $461,400
- Banning, 9.3 mi east: 58.3% High or Very High, 42 fires, median home $322,900
- Lakeview, 11.2 mi south: 1.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $492,100
- Highland, 11.5 mi northwest: 52.4% High or Very High, 21 fires, median home $455,200
- Loma Linda, 11.6 mi west: 51.0% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $557,800
- San Jacinto, 13.1 mi south: 26.9% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $391,600