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Is Canyon Lake in a fire hazard severity zone?
47.1% of Canyon Lake is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 37.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Canyon Lake ranks 659 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.30 sq mi Very High, 0.43 sq mi High, 0.45 sq mi Moderate, out of 4.63 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 37.5% is 21.1 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $647,300 is 27% above the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 35 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is ROBERT in 2022. By decade: 1970s: 1, 1980s: 4, 2000s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Canyon 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Canyon Lake
The state record shows 7 since 1950. The largest was LEMON in 1978 (2,943 acres in total).
- ROBERT (2022), 3 acres
- WRANGLER (2009), 17 acres
- CANYON (1983), 1,231 acres
- GOETZ SERIES (1983), 332 acres
- (unnamed) (1982), 295 acres
- (unnamed) (1981), 915 acres
- LEMON (1978), 2,943 acres
Nearby places compared
- Meadowbrook, 2.1 mi northwest: 87.1% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $323,800
- Warm Springs, 3.9 mi west: 57.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $321,400
- Menifee, 4.1 mi east: 40.1% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $487,200
- Lake Elsinore, 4.7 mi west: 75.2% High or Very High, 43 fires, median home $505,700
- Wildomar, 5.2 mi south: 70.3% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $511,900
- Good Hope, 5.9 mi north: 73.8% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $319,600
- Lakeland Village, 6.4 mi southwest: 73.9% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $429,000
- Perris, 7.3 mi north: 26.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $431,900
- Romoland, 8.1 mi northeast: 66.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $403,600
- Murrieta, 9.1 mi southeast: 49.0% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $606,900
- Homeland, 9.7 mi east: 84.1% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $189,600
- Mead Valley, 9.8 mi north: 51.5% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $417,700