This is not a Natural Hazard Disclosure statement. Open state data, explained; flood and dam zones are not covered. Details
Is Desert Hot Springs in a fire hazard severity zone?
67.9% of Desert Hot Springs is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 0.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Desert Hot Springs ranks 1032 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.06 sq mi High, 20.63 sq mi Moderate, out of 30.48 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 0.2% is 16.2 points below the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $309,300 is 39% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 55 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is FAIRVIEW in 2017. By decade: 1980s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Desert Hot Springs 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Desert Hot Springs
The state record shows 5 since 1950. The largest was VERBENIA in 1995 (21,444 acres in total).
- FAIRVIEW (2017), 26 acres
- HWY 62 (1995), 1,317 acres
- VERBENIA (1995), 21,444 acres
- LOCAL (1988), 689 acres
- STATE (1988), 302 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Desert Hot Springs touches the Desert Hot Springs, Seven Palms Valley maps.
Nearby places compared
- Garnet, 2.5 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $237,800
- Desert Edge, 4.2 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $56,900
- Cathedral City, 8.2 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $420,700
- Morongo Valley, 9.9 mi north: 8.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $265,100
- Sky Valley, 9.9 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $136,500
- Whitewater, 10.0 mi west: 35.6% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $273,600
- Palm Springs, 11.4 mi south: 4.6% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $567,300
- Rancho Mirage, 12.5 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $747,800
- Thousand Palms, 12.6 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $260,500
- Yucca Valley, 14.6 mi north: 18.5% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $321,300
- Cabazon, 15.6 mi west: 94.8% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $248,800
- Palm Desert, 15.9 mi southeast: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $491,600