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Is Cohasset in a fire hazard severity zone?
97.8% of Cohasset is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 97.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Cohasset ranks 153 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 23.88 sq mi Very High, 0.60 sq mi High, out of 25.04 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 97.8% is 46.8 points above the 50.9% of Butte County. The median home value of $532,300 is 30% above the county median of $408,700. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 9 for exposure; Bangor ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is PARK in 2024. By decade: 1960s: 1, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Cohasset 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 Cohasset
The state record shows 6 since 1950. The largest was PARK in 2024 (429,603 acres in total).
- PARK (2024), 429,603 acres
- MUSTY (1999), 16,757 acres
- CAMPBELL (1990), 131,504 acres
- ADAMS RANCH (1988), 156 acres
- ROCK CREEK (1985), 1,268 acres
- LIGHTNING #1 (1964), 9,876 acres
Nearby places compared
- Forest Ranch, 3.6 mi east: 94.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $491,300
- Magalia, 8.8 mi southeast: 93.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $254,400
- Stirling City, 10.2 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $256,800
- Butte Creek Canyon, 11.0 mi south: 97.4% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $700,700
- Chico, 12.0 mi southwest: 35.4% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $455,300
- Paradise, 12.2 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $391,100
- Concow, 14.5 mi southeast: 78.4% High or Very High, 9 fires
- Nord, 15.3 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $437,800
- Butte Meadows, 16.0 mi northeast: 97.8% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Vina, 17.1 mi west: 7.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $115,200
- Butte Valley, 17.9 mi south: 97.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $492,400
- Yankee Hill, 18.5 mi southeast: 99.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $592,400