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Is Happy Valley in a fire hazard severity zone?
96.1% of Happy Valley is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 93.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Happy Valley ranks 216 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 14.55 sq mi Very High, 1.30 sq mi High, 0.49 sq mi Moderate, out of 17.00 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 93.2% is 35.8 points above the 57.4% of Shasta County. The median home value of $293,800 is 15% below the county median of $347,200. Among 32 places in the county it ranks 21 for exposure; Fall River Mills ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is CLEMENT in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2010s: 4, 2020s: 3. The state has not evaluated Happy 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 Shasta County overall, 48.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Happy Valley
The state record shows 10 since 1950. The largest was CANYON #4 in 1999 (2,580 acres in total).
- CLEMENT (2025), 18 acres
- OLINDA (2024), 92 acres
- PINE (2023), 12 acres
- HORSE (2019), 25 acres
- CREEK (2018), 72 acres
- LAVERNE (2017), 175 acres
- CHINA (2015), 175 acres
- CANYON #4 (1999), 2,580 acres
- H.V. F.D. #3 (1965), 1,704 acres
- CLOVERDALE #2 (1954), 2,069 acres
Nearby places compared
- Centerville, 6.0 mi northwest: 89.4% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $546,700
- Anderson, 6.6 mi east: 39.7% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $272,000
- Igo, 6.8 mi west: 99.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $361,300
- Cottonwood, 8.0 mi southeast: 91.3% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $362,800
- Redding, 8.6 mi north: 51.3% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $363,800
- Shasta, 9.3 mi north: 73.9% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $392,000
- Keswick, 10.6 mi north: 55.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $440,400
- Ono, 10.7 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $612,500
- Palo Cedro, 11.9 mi northeast: 98.6% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $529,900
- Lake California, 13.2 mi southeast: 81.7% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $338,700
- Millville, 14.7 mi northeast: 94.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $466,700
- Shasta Lake, 15.3 mi north: 94.8% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $273,000