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Is Hemet in a fire hazard severity zone?
31.2% of Hemet is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 26.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Hemet ranks 750 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 6.04 sq mi Very High, 1.76 sq mi High, 1.30 sq mi Moderate, out of 29.26 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 26.7% is 10.3 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $314,200 is 38% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 46 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is GIBBEL in 2025. By decade: 1960s: 2, 1970s: 5, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 4, 2010s: 1, 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Hemet 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Hemet
The state record shows 19 since 1950. The largest was FAIRVIEW in 2022 (28,098 acres in total).
- GIBBEL (2025), 15 acres
- FAIRVIEW (2022), 28,098 acres
- HORSESHOE (2019), 583 acres
- JUNIPER (1998), 5,977 acres
- WARREN (1995), 225 acres
- GIBREL (1994), 846 acres
- CALIFORNIA (1993), 24,434 acres
- CALIFORNIA (1989), 156 acres
- WARREN (1984), 191 acres
- RAWSON (1982), 1,757 acres
- (unnamed) (1982), 186 acres
- CAWSTON (1981), 721 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Hemet touches the Hemet, San Jacinto maps.
Nearby places compared
- Winchester, 3.3 mi west: 58.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $429,500
- East Hemet, 3.9 mi east: 32.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $370,300
- Green Acres, 4.2 mi west: 86.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $242,000
- San Jacinto, 5.2 mi north: 26.9% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $391,600
- Homeland, 6.2 mi west: 84.1% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $189,600
- Valle Vista, 7.1 mi east: 39.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $315,400
- Romoland, 9.1 mi west: 66.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $403,600
- Sage, 9.3 mi southeast: 95.4% High or Very High, 49 fires, median home $516,700
- Nuevo, 9.8 mi northwest: 27.7% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $507,200
- Lakeview, 10.0 mi northwest: 1.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $492,100
- French Valley, 10.1 mi southwest: 46.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $637,800
- Menifee, 10.9 mi west: 40.1% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $487,200