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Is Columbia in a fire hazard severity zone?
93.3% of Columbia is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 93.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Columbia ranks 215 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.57 sq mi Very High, out of 5.97 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 93.3% is 68.8 points above the 24.5% of Tuolumne County. The median home value of $396,200 is 2% below the county median of $406,200. Among 19 places in the county it ranks 7 for exposure; Chinese Camp ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is PARROTTS in 1994. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1990s: 1. The state has not evaluated Columbia 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 Tuolumne County overall, 16.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Columbia
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was PARROTTS in 1994 (768 acres in total).
- PARROTTS (1994), 768 acres
- PARROTTS FERRY #2 (1959), 313 acres
Nearby places compared
- Sonora, 3.4 mi south: 99.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $379,300
- Tuttletown, 3.9 mi southwest: 84.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $434,100
- Vallecito, 4.9 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $613,600
- Jamestown, 5.0 mi south: 92.5% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $350,600
- Phoenix Lake, 5.2 mi east: 99.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $455,000
- East Sonora, 5.3 mi southeast: 92.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $291,300
- Douglas Flat, 6.4 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $319,700
- Cedar Ridge, 7.3 mi east: 45.7% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $373,100
- Mono Vista, 7.4 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $401,800
- Murphys, 7.8 mi north: 99.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $506,300
- Soulsbyville, 8.1 mi east: 98.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $361,400
- Angels, 8.4 mi west: 79.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $444,400