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Is Granite Bay in a fire hazard severity zone?
60.9% of Granite Bay is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 46.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Granite Bay ranks 597 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.45 sq mi Very High, 8.55 sq mi High, 3.15 sq mi Moderate, out of 21.58 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 46.3% is 12.2 points above the 34.1% of Placer County. The median home value of $1,094,100 is 66% above the county median of $658,800. Among 22 places in the county it ranks 14 for exposure; Alta ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is SIERRA in 2002. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1970s: 1, 2000s: 1. The state has not evaluated Granite Bay 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 Placer County overall, 24.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Granite Bay
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was OMOHUNDRO in 1954 (2,027 acres in total).
- SIERRA (2002), 594 acres
- SIERRA COLLEGE (1972), 189 acres
- OMOHUNDRO (1954), 2,027 acres
- EUREKA (1951), 221 acres
Nearby places compared
- Loomis, 3.1 mi north: 39.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $649,800
- Rocklin, 5.6 mi northwest: 13.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $673,300
- Orangevale, 5.9 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $508,600
- Penryn, 6.1 mi north: 15.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $731,300
- Folsom, 7.4 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $702,200
- Citrus Heights, 7.4 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $432,100
- Roseville, 7.5 mi west: 0.1% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $630,600
- Newcastle, 7.9 mi north: 55.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $596,400
- Fair Oaks, 8.2 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $645,600
- El Dorado Hills, 9.0 mi southeast: 53.5% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $870,300
- Antelope, 9.9 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $468,200
- Lincoln, 9.9 mi northwest: 5.5% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $628,500