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Is Goleta in a fire hazard severity zone?
26.7% of Goleta is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 12.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Goleta ranks 879 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.63 sq mi Very High, 0.33 sq mi High, 1.14 sq mi Moderate, out of 7.85 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 12.2% is 29.4 points below the 41.5% of Santa Barbara County. The median home value of $1,002,500 is 36% above the county median of $735,700. Among 28 places in the county it ranks 16 for exposure; Mission Canyon ranks first at 87.3%. The latest recorded fire is HOLIDAY in 2018. By decade: 1970s: 1, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Goleta 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 Barbara County overall, 29.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Goleta
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was EAGLE CANYON in 1979 (3,765 acres in total).
- HOLIDAY (2018), 118 acres
- EAGLE CANYON (1979), 3,765 acres
Nearby places compared
- Isla Vista, 1.8 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,241,700
- University of California-Santa Barbara, 2.1 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $452,600
- Eastern Goleta Valley, 5.2 mi east: 41.4% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $1,192,000
- Mission Canyon, 9.2 mi east: 87.3% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $1,890,900
- Santa Barbara, 10.1 mi east: 19.8% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,466,400
- Montecito, 13.8 mi east: 61.4% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Summerland, 15.6 mi east: 63.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Santa Ynez, 17.7 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,121,000
- Toro Canyon, 17.8 mi east: 85.4% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Solvang, 18.6 mi northwest: 40.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $936,900
- Ballard, 19.4 mi northwest: 0.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,589,300
- Carpinteria, 20.3 mi east: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $965,200