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Is Coto de Caza in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Coto de Caza is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 92.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Coto de Caza ranks 229 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.76 sq mi Very High, 1.44 sq mi High, 0.63 sq mi Moderate, out of 7.82 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 92.0% is 54.5 points above the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $1,419,400 is 55% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is COTO in 2018. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 3. Seismic maps cover Coto de Caza with liquefaction 24.0%, landslide 4.3%.
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 Coto de Caza
The state record shows 10 since 1950. The largest was STEWARD in 1958 (68,106 acres in total).
- COTO (2018), 1 acres
- (unnamed) (2017), 0 acres
- TORTOISE (2016), 19 acres
- ANTONIO (2002), 1,480 acres
- COTO (1997), 198 acres
- INDIAN (1980), 28,940 acres
- WAGON WHEEL (1976), 491 acres
- HARVESTER (1976), 526 acres
- STEWARD (1958), 68,106 acres
- WIEGAND (1954), 4,956 acres
Nearby places compared
- Rancho Santa Margarita, 2.2 mi northwest: 87.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $907,900
- Las Flores, 2.4 mi southwest: 96.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,068,900
- Mission Viejo, 4.3 mi west: 19.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $946,300
- Ladera Ranch, 4.8 mi southwest: 64.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,046,600
- Trabuco Canyon, 5.4 mi north: 97.7% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,243,100
- Rancho Mission Viejo, 5.7 mi south: 97.2% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $1,039,300
- Laguna Hills, 6.0 mi west: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Lake Forest, 6.5 mi northwest: 36.8% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $876,300
- San Juan Capistrano, 7.5 mi southwest: 57.4% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $929,700
- Modjeska, 7.8 mi north: 76.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $997,100
- Aliso Viejo, 8.2 mi west: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- Laguna Woods, 8.6 mi west: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900