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Is Cartago in a fire hazard severity zone?
77.4% of Cartago is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 76.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Cartago ranks 359 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.89 sq mi High, 0.01 sq mi Moderate, out of 1.17 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 76.3% is 73.6 points above the 2.8% of Inyo County. Among 21 places in the county it ranks 2 for exposure; Dixon Lane-MeadowCreek ranks first at 81.7%. The latest recorded fire is CARTAGO in 2024. By decade: 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Cartago 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 Inyo County overall, 0.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Cartago
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was CARTAGO in 2024 (101 acres in total).
- CARTAGO (2024), 101 acres
- CRYSTAL (2021), 2 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Cartago touches the Olancha map.
Nearby places compared
- Olancha, 3.5 mi southeast: 46.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $318,800
- Keeler, 14.6 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Lone Pine, 18.6 mi north: 27.1% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $192,800
- Kennedy Meadows, 22.0 mi south: 76.7% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Darwin, 24.4 mi east: 3.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Ponderosa, 31.5 mi southwest: 57.9% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Cedar Slope, 33.0 mi west: 76.8% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Sequoia Crest, 34.6 mi west: 92.8% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Camp Nelson, 34.6 mi west: 40.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $330,400
- Pearsonville, 35.3 mi south: 17.2% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Pierpoint, 35.7 mi west: 49.0% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $241,300
- Silver City, 36.2 mi west: 34.9% High or Very High, 0 fires