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Is Claremont in a fire hazard severity zone?
51.4% of Claremont is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 48.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Claremont ranks 583 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.00 sq mi Very High, 1.49 sq mi High, 0.45 sq mi Moderate, out of 13.49 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 48.1% is 15.7 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $870,800 is 11% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 32 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is PADUA in 2003. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 3, 1970s: 5, 1980s: 6, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 4. Seismic maps cover Claremont with liquefaction 7.5%, landslide 7.8%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Los Angeles County overall, 29.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Claremont
The state record shows 22 since 1950. The largest was GRAND PRIX in 2003 (50,618 acres in total).
- PADUA (2003), 10,458 acres
- GRAND PRIX (2003), 50,618 acres
- PADUA (2002), 13 acres
- WILLIAMS (2002), 38,119 acres
- AMARILLO/TANK (1997), 202 acres
- MILLS (1993), 118 acres
- WEBB II (1990), 340 acres
- SYCAMORE (1989), 160 acres
- LEROY (1988), 171 acres
- WEBB (1986), 84 acres
- JOHNSON (1985), 232 acres
- WEBB (1984), 120 acres
Nearby places compared
- Upland, 2.9 mi east: 10.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $688,800
- Montclair, 3.5 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $549,600
- La Verne, 3.8 mi west: 35.6% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $793,900
- San Antonio Heights, 3.8 mi northeast: 70.5% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $986,500
- Pomona, 4.9 mi southwest: 11.6% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $569,600
- San Dimas, 5.7 mi west: 50.7% High or Very High, 39 fires, median home $756,200
- Glendora, 7.9 mi west: 45.5% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $820,800
- Ontario, 8.0 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $568,000
- Rancho Cucamonga, 8.3 mi east: 33.6% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $694,400
- Charter Oak, 9.4 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $601,900
- Chino, 9.5 mi south: 6.7% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $641,500
- Covina, 10.2 mi west: 0.2% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $666,000