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Is Gilroy in a fire hazard severity zone?
38.1% of Gilroy is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 21.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Gilroy ranks 793 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.48 sq mi High, 2.81 sq mi Moderate, out of 16.53 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 21.1% is 48.2 points below the 69.3% of Santa Clara County. The median home value of $975,800 is 29% below the county median of $1,382,800. Among 24 places in the county it ranks 8 for exposure; Lexington Hills ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BALLY in 2017. By decade: 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Gilroy 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 Santa Clara County overall, 50.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Gilroy
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was BALLY in 2017 (109 acres in total).
- BALLY (2017), 109 acres
Nearby places compared
- San Martin, 5.2 mi north: 1.5% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $1,315,900
- Morgan Hill, 8.8 mi north: 25.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,127,600
- Interlaken, 9.3 mi southwest: 14.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $787,400
- Aromas, 9.6 mi south: 87.5% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $925,800
- Corralitos, 10.9 mi west: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,603,800
- Pajaro, 11.1 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $638,400
- Amesti, 11.2 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $825,100
- Watsonville, 11.4 mi southwest: 10.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $657,700
- San Juan Bautista, 11.7 mi south: 19.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $707,100
- Las Lomas, 12.4 mi southwest: 60.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $683,900
- Freedom, 12.6 mi southwest: 42.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $664,200
- Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 13.6 mi west: 95.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $980,800