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Is Foresta in a fire hazard severity zone?
1.5% of Foresta is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 1.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Foresta ranks 1003 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
Its High and Very High share of 1.5% is 44.0 points below the 45.4% of Mariposa County. Among 17 places in the county it ranks 16 for exposure; Bootjack ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is FERGUSON in 2018. By decade: 1960s: 1, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 2. The state has not evaluated Foresta 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 Foresta
The state record shows 6 since 1950. The largest was FERGUSON in 2018 (96,831 acres in total).
- FERGUSON (2018), 96,831 acres
- EL PORTAL (2014), 4,745 acres
- BIG MEADOW (2009), 7,553 acres
- FORESTA #1 (1997), 33 acres
- A-ROCK (1990), 17,758 acres
- CANYON (1968), 1,690 acres
Nearby places compared
- El Portal, 2.6 mi southwest: 3.1% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $257,700
- Yosemite West, 4.0 mi southeast: 99.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Yosemite Valley, 10.0 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 4 fires
- Wawona, 12.2 mi southeast: 25.7% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $739,600
- Midpines, 13.8 mi southwest: 85.3% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Fish Camp, 16.5 mi south: 87.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Bootjack, 17.4 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $403,300
- Mariposa, 19.0 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $306,100
- Buck Meadows, 19.5 mi northwest: 92.1% High or Very High, 4 fires
- Nipinnawasee, 20.6 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $345,700
- Mt. Bullion, 20.9 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $242,900
- Greeley Hill, 21.0 mi west: 60.2% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $262,900