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Is Fairfax in a fire hazard severity zone?
93.2% of Fairfax is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 32.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Fairfax ranks 707 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.73 sq mi High, 1.36 sq mi Moderate, out of 2.24 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 32.5% is 8.6 points below the 41.1% of Marin County. The median home value of $1,121,500 is 19% below the county median of $1,390,000. Among 31 places in the county it ranks 15 for exposure; San Geronimo ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is OAK MANOR in 1982. By decade: 1980s: 1. The state has not evaluated Fairfax 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 Marin County overall, 8.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Fairfax
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was OAK MANOR in 1982 (70 acres in total).
- OAK MANOR (1982), 70 acres
Nearby places compared
- Sleepy Hollow, 1.3 mi north: 6.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $2,000,001
- San Anselmo, 1.3 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,524,300
- Ross, 2.6 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Woodacre, 2.6 mi west: 94.7% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,102,900
- Lucas Valley-Marinwood, 3.6 mi north: 94.1% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $1,360,000
- Kentfield, 3.7 mi southeast: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- San Geronimo, 3.9 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,220,800
- San Rafael, 4.4 mi east: 15.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,246,200
- Larkspur, 4.9 mi southeast: 4.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,805,100
- Santa Venetia, 5.0 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,004,300
- Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, 5.5 mi west: 87.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $922,400
- Corte Madera, 6.2 mi southeast: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,702,000