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Is Eastern Goleta Valley in a fire hazard severity zone?
49.9% of Eastern Goleta Valley is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 41.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Eastern Goleta Valley ranks 635 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.94 sq mi Very High, 0.96 sq mi High, 1.42 sq mi Moderate, out of 16.66 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 41.4% is 0.1 points below the 41.5% of Santa Barbara County. The median home value of $1,192,000 is 62% above the county median of $735,700. Among 28 places in the county it ranks 9 for exposure; Mission Canyon ranks first at 87.3%. The latest recorded fire is MOCKINGBIRD in 2020. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 2, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Eastern Goleta Valley 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 Santa Barbara County overall, 29.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Eastern Goleta Valley
The state record shows 9 since 1950. The largest was REFUGIO in 1955 (79,429 acres in total).
- MOCKINGBIRD (2020), 9 acres
- CAVE (2019), 2,597 acres
- HOLIDAY (2018), 118 acres
- JESUSITA (2009), 8,734 acres
- GAP (2008), 9,545 acres
- PAINT (1990), 4,425 acres
- JOSE (1968), 50 acres
- COYOTE (1964), 65,339 acres
- REFUGIO (1955), 79,429 acres
Nearby places compared
- Mission Canyon, 4.1 mi east: 87.3% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $1,890,900
- University of California-Santa Barbara, 4.1 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $452,600
- Santa Barbara, 5.0 mi east: 19.8% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,466,400
- Isla Vista, 5.0 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,241,700
- Goleta, 5.2 mi west: 12.2% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,002,500
- Montecito, 8.6 mi east: 61.4% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Summerland, 10.4 mi east: 63.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Toro Canyon, 12.7 mi east: 85.4% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Carpinteria, 15.2 mi east: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $965,200
- Santa Ynez, 21.6 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,121,000
- Solvang, 23.0 mi northwest: 40.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $936,900
- Ballard, 23.2 mi northwest: 0.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,589,300