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Is Escondido in a fire hazard severity zone?
57.8% of Escondido is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 52.6% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Escondido ranks 547 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 17.32 sq mi Very High, 2.37 sq mi High, 1.97 sq mi Moderate, out of 37.44 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 52.6% is 8.8 points above the 43.8% of San Diego County. The median home value of $663,500 is 16% below the county median of $791,600. Among 57 places in the county it ranks 33 for exposure; Boulevard ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is COCOS in 2014. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 7, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 4, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Escondido 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 San Diego County overall, 37.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Escondido
The state record shows 19 since 1950. The largest was WITCH in 2007 (162,070 acres in total).
- COCOS (2014), 1,995 acres
- WITCH (2007), 162,070 acres
- EMERALD (2004), 12 acres
- PARADISE (2003), 56,546 acres
- GRADE (2003), 12 acres
- DEL DIOS (1997), 1,073 acres
- GRADE (1995), 161 acres
- GUEJIUTO (1993), 17,820 acres
- BOTTLE PEAK (1989), 213 acres
- HODGES #2 (1988), 150 acres
- ASSIST #177 (1987), 649 acres
- GRADE (1987), 2,748 acres
Nearby places compared
- Harmony Grove, 5.4 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,039,900
- Del Dios, 5.7 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $955,400
- Valley Center, 6.7 mi north: 94.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $809,300
- San Marcos, 7.1 mi west: 59.5% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $792,400
- Hidden Meadows, 7.2 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $830,000
- Elfin Forest, 8.2 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,496,700
- Lake San Marcos, 8.9 mi west: 59.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $859,600
- Poway, 9.8 mi south: 86.2% High or Very High, 27 fires, median home $971,500
- Rancho Santa Fe, 11.4 mi southwest: 98.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Vista, 11.5 mi west: 19.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $674,400
- Ramona, 11.7 mi southeast: 86.8% High or Very High, 23 fires, median home $704,500
- Fairbanks Ranch, 12.5 mi southwest: 99.8% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $2,000,001