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Is Forest Ranch in a fire hazard severity zone?
94.4% of Forest Ranch is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 94.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Forest Ranch ranks 202 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 12.87 sq mi Very High, 0.30 sq mi High, out of 13.95 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 94.4% is 43.5 points above the 50.9% of Butte County. The median home value of $491,300 is 20% above the county median of $408,700. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 13 for exposure; Bangor ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is PARK in 2024. By decade: 1990s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Forest Ranch 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 Butte County overall, 37.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Forest Ranch
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was PARK in 2024 (429,603 acres in total).
- PARK (2024), 429,603 acres
- WOODLAND (1999), 995 acres
Nearby places compared
- Cohasset, 3.6 mi west: 97.8% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $532,300
- Magalia, 5.8 mi southeast: 93.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $254,400
- Stirling City, 6.9 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $256,800
- Butte Creek Canyon, 9.6 mi south: 97.4% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $700,700
- Paradise, 9.8 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $391,100
- Concow, 11.3 mi southeast: 78.4% High or Very High, 9 fires
- Chico, 13.1 mi southwest: 35.4% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $455,300
- Butte Meadows, 14.9 mi northeast: 97.8% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Yankee Hill, 15.7 mi southeast: 99.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $592,400
- Butte Valley, 16.2 mi south: 97.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $492,400
- Nord, 17.5 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $437,800
- Cherokee, 18.1 mi south: 99.6% High or Very High, 1 fire