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Is Derby Acres in a fire hazard severity zone?
70.1% of Derby Acres is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 70.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Derby Acres ranks 413 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 2.50 sq mi High, out of 3.58 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 70.0% is 40.0 points above the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $189,200 is 39% below the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 19 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is CROCKER in 2024. By decade: 1990s: 1, 2010s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Derby Acres 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 Kern County overall, 12.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Derby Acres
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was RIDGE in 1993 (238 acres in total).
- CROCKER (2024), 17 acres
- DERBY (2017), 2 acres
- RIDGE (1993), 238 acres
Nearby places compared
- McKittrick, 3.7 mi northwest: 88.3% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Fellows, 5.6 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $91,300
- Ford City, 9.5 mi southeast: 51.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $197,500
- Taft Heights, 10.7 mi southeast: 27.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $187,700
- Valley Acres, 11.2 mi east: 85.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $223,100
- South Taft, 11.5 mi southeast: 76.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $155,700
- Dustin Acres, 12.8 mi east: 74.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $218,500
- Taft, 13.5 mi southeast: 75.0% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $246,400
- Tupman, 14.2 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $192,500
- Buttonwillow, 15.4 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $215,200
- Maricopa, 17.4 mi southeast: 96.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $121,800
- Stebbins, 19.6 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $242,400