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Is Forest Meadows in a fire hazard severity zone?
89.3% of Forest Meadows is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 89.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Forest Meadows ranks 252 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.53 sq mi Very High, out of 3.96 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 89.3% is 10.0 points above the 79.2% of Calaveras County. The median home value of $484,100 is 10% above the county median of $441,800. Among 23 places in the county it ranks 16 for exposure; Douglas Flat ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is DARBY in 2001. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1. The state has not evaluated Forest Meadows 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 Calaveras County overall, 53.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Forest Meadows
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was GULCH in 1992 (17,419 acres in total).
- DARBY (2001), 14,280 acres
- GULCH (1992), 17,419 acres
- SAN DOMINGO (1953), 14 acres
Nearby places compared
- Hathaway Pines, 2.3 mi northeast: 82.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $298,200
- Avery, 2.9 mi northeast: 99.9% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Murphys, 4.0 mi southwest: 99.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $506,300
- Sheep Ranch, 4.2 mi northwest: 86.5% High or Very High, 4 fires
- Douglas Flat, 4.8 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $319,700
- Arnold, 5.9 mi northeast: 92.4% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $508,400
- Vallecito, 7.1 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $613,600
- Mountain Ranch, 7.9 mi west: 95.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $457,900
- Columbia, 9.6 mi south: 93.3% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $396,200
- Cedar Ridge, 10.0 mi southeast: 45.7% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $373,100
- Angels, 10.9 mi southwest: 79.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $444,400
- Dorrington, 11.6 mi northeast: 95.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $383,300