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Is Costa Mesa in a fire hazard severity zone?
4.2% of Costa Mesa is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 2.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Costa Mesa ranks 989 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.37 sq mi High, 0.30 sq mi Moderate, out of 15.79 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 2.3% is 35.1 points below the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $1,054,700 is 15% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 31 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is TALBERT PARK SOUTH in 2018. By decade: 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover Costa Mesa with liquefaction 26.3%, landslide 0.5%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Costa Mesa
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was TALBERT PARK SOUTH in 2018 (8 acres in total).
- TALBERT PARK SOUTH (2018), 8 acres
Nearby places compared
- Newport Beach, 3.8 mi southeast: 33.6% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Fountain Valley, 3.8 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,018,600
- Huntington Beach, 5.0 mi northwest: 0.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,047,300
- Santa Ana, 5.3 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $657,800
- Midway City, 6.8 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $723,700
- Garden Grove, 7.5 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $765,500
- Westminster, 7.5 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $820,000
- Tustin, 7.8 mi northeast: 6.9% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $890,600
- Irvine, 8.7 mi east: 35.0% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $1,115,400
- North Tustin, 9.8 mi northeast: 14.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,212,400
- Stanton, 10.1 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $541,000
- Seal Beach, 10.8 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $492,200