This is not a Natural Hazard Disclosure statement. Open state data, explained; flood and dam zones are not covered. Details
Is Happy Camp in a fire hazard severity zone?
32.5% of Happy Camp is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 32.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Happy Camp ranks 706 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.02 sq mi Very High, out of 12.34 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 32.5% is 2.0 points below the 34.5% of Siskiyou County. The median home value of $153,900 is 46% below the county median of $284,500. Among 21 places in the county it ranks 16 for exposure; Carrick ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is SLATER in 2020. By decade: 1960s: 2, 1980s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Happy Camp 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 Siskiyou County overall, 26.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Happy Camp
The state record shows 8 since 1950. The largest was SLATER in 2020 (157,430 acres in total).
- SLATER (2020), 157,430 acres
- OAK (2017), 91,125 acres
- FRYING PAN (2014), 133,177 acres
- LITTLE GRIDER (2007), 2,173 acres
- KING TITUS (1987), 68,072 acres
- SLATER (1987), 5,554 acres
- WATER PUMP (1968), 22 acres
- INDIAN RIDGE (1966), 11,744 acres
Nearby places compared
- Greenview, 30.2 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Gasquet, 30.5 mi west: 27.2% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $365,300
- Fort Jones, 31.3 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $212,700
- Hiouchi, 34.8 mi west: 66.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $472,700
- Etna, 35.2 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $238,400
- Yreka, 38.8 mi east: 86.0% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $245,100
- Klamath, 39.3 mi southwest: 27.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $244,500
- Fort Dick, 39.8 mi west: 1.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $287,500
- Smith River, 39.9 mi west: 27.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $345,800
- Wautec, 40.1 mi southwest: 76.6% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Bertsch-Oceanview, 40.1 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $208,300
- Crescent City, 42.3 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $290,500