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Is El Portal in a fire hazard severity zone?
3.1% of El Portal is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 3.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
El Portal ranks 981 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.06 sq mi Very High, out of 1.90 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 3.1% is 42.3 points below the 45.4% of Mariposa County. The median home value of $257,700 is 28% below the county median of $358,000. Among 17 places in the county it ranks 15 for exposure; Bootjack ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is FERGUSON in 2018. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 3, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 4. The state has not evaluated El Portal 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 Mariposa County overall, 23.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across El Portal
The state record shows 12 since 1950. The largest was FERGUSON in 2018 (96,831 acres in total).
- FERGUSON (2018), 96,831 acres
- WOODLOT (2014), 3 acres
- EL PORTAL (2014), 4,745 acres
- CABLE (2013), 0 acres
- WOODLOT (2003), 481 acres
- A-ROCK (1990), 17,758 acres
- EARLY TIME (1974), 19 acres
- TRAILER (1973), 40 acres
- EL PORTAL (1972), 102 acres
- EAGLE (1968), 537 acres
- CANYON (1968), 1,690 acres
- MOSS (1959), 9 acres
Nearby places compared
- Foresta, 2.6 mi northeast: 1.5% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Yosemite West, 4.2 mi southeast: 99.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Midpines, 11.2 mi southwest: 85.3% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Wawona, 12.0 mi southeast: 25.7% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $739,600
- Yosemite Valley, 12.5 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 4 fires
- Bootjack, 15.0 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $403,300
- Fish Camp, 15.9 mi southeast: 87.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Mariposa, 16.4 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $306,100
- Mt. Bullion, 18.2 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $242,900
- Buck Meadows, 18.4 mi northwest: 92.1% High or Very High, 4 fires
- Nipinnawasee, 19.1 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $345,700
- Greeley Hill, 19.3 mi west: 60.2% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $262,900