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Is Copperopolis in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.8% of Copperopolis is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 99.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Copperopolis ranks 122 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 9.30 sq mi Very High, 4.42 sq mi High, 0.05 sq mi Moderate, out of 13.79 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 99.5% is 20.2 points above the 79.2% of Calaveras County. The median home value of $454,400 is 3% above the county median of $441,800. Among 23 places in the county it ranks 8 for exposure; Douglas Flat ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is AERO in 2024. By decade: 1950s: 3, 1960s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Copperopolis 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 Calaveras County overall, 53.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Copperopolis
The state record shows 10 since 1950. The largest was AERO in 2024 (5,285 acres in total).
- AERO (2024), 5,285 acres
- BAKER (2016), 57 acres
- COOPER (2004), 3,445 acres
- COPPER #1 (1994), 1,143 acres
- COPPER #8 (1994), 1,914 acres
- HIGHWAY 4 (1969), 408 acres
- O'BYRNES FERRY ROAD1 (1962), 1,257 acres
- HIWAY 4 #5 (1958), 4,747 acres
- MITCHELL (1957), 817 acres
- P.G.&E. #4 (1953), 797 acres
Nearby places compared
- Knights Ferry, 8.7 mi south: 78.5% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Angels, 9.7 mi northeast: 79.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $444,400
- Tuttletown, 10.0 mi east: 84.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $434,100
- Orange Blossom, 10.8 mi southwest: 80.3% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $636,700
- Chinese Camp, 11.1 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires
- Jamestown, 12.2 mi east: 92.5% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $350,600
- Vallecito, 13.1 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $613,600
- Sonora, 13.6 mi east: 99.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $379,300
- Columbia, 13.7 mi northeast: 93.3% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $396,200
- East Oakdale, 13.9 mi southwest: 20.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $850,400
- Douglas Flat, 15.3 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $319,700
- East Sonora, 16.0 mi east: 92.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $291,300