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Is El Cerrito in a fire hazard severity zone?
69.6% of El Cerrito is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 64.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
El Cerrito ranks 449 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.69 sq mi Very High, 0.14 sq mi High, 0.14 sq mi Moderate, out of 2.82 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 64.8% is 48.4 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $598,000 is 17% above the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 20 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is MCKINLEY in 1983. By decade: 1970s: 1, 1980s: 1. The state has not evaluated El Cerrito 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 El Cerrito
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1975 (1,954 acres in total).
- MCKINLEY (1983), 1,607 acres
- (unnamed) (1975), 1,954 acres
Nearby places compared
- Home Gardens, 2.7 mi north: 59.6% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $498,800
- Corona, 3.1 mi northwest: 34.6% High or Very High, 45 fires, median home $656,500
- El Sobrante, 3.9 mi northeast: 79.9% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $749,300
- Coronita, 5.4 mi northwest: 5.1% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $596,000
- Temescal Valley, 6.2 mi southeast: 85.7% High or Very High, 30 fires, median home $648,200
- Norco, 6.3 mi north: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $731,900
- Woodcrest, 8.0 mi east: 44.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $679,400
- Silverado, 8.6 mi southwest: 71.9% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $658,500
- Lake Mathews, 9.1 mi east: 86.8% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $678,300
- Eastvale, 9.5 mi north: 4.3% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $752,000
- Riverside, 9.9 mi northeast: 26.5% High or Very High, 25 fires, median home $542,100
- Williams Canyon, 10.3 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 6 fires