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Is Grass Valley in a fire hazard severity zone?
96.8% of Grass Valley is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 91.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Grass Valley ranks 236 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.94 sq mi Very High, 0.55 sq mi High, 0.34 sq mi Moderate, out of 6.01 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 91.2% is 26.2 points above the 64.9% of Nevada County. The median home value of $458,400 is 24% below the county median of $602,800. Among 14 places in the county it ranks 8 for exposure; Kingvale ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BENNETT in 2021. By decade: 2010s: 2, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Grass Valley 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 Nevada County overall, 52.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Grass Valley
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was MCCOURTNEY in 2017 (76 acres in total).
- BENNETT (2021), 50 acres
- MCCOURTNEY (2017), 76 acres
- AUBURN (2016), 24 acres
Nearby places compared
- Rough and Ready, 4.0 mi west: 93.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $659,900
- Nevada City, 4.0 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $607,300
- Alta Sierra, 6.4 mi south: 97.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $560,600
- Penn Valley, 6.8 mi west: 84.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $530,100
- Lake Wildwood, 7.3 mi west: 70.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $495,100
- Colfax, 10.2 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $397,100
- North San Juan, 11.2 mi north: 71.5% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $269,800
- Smartsville, 12.2 mi west: 99.7% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $425,500
- Lake of the Pines, 12.3 mi south: 98.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $639,400
- Dutch Flat, 12.4 mi east: 98.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $415,000
- Dobbins, 13.2 mi northwest: 98.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $411,100
- Alta, 14.2 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $468,200