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Is Hesperia in a fire hazard severity zone?
54.6% of Hesperia is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 45.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Hesperia ranks 607 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 24.04 sq mi Very High, 8.82 sq mi High, 6.89 sq mi Moderate, out of 72.81 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 45.1% is 41.3 points above the 3.9% of San Bernardino County. The median home value of $366,800 is 23% below the county median of $475,000. Among 52 places in the county it ranks 16 for exposure; Big Bear Lake ranks first at 82.9%. The latest recorded fire is HESPERIA in 2024. By decade: 1950s: 4, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 4, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 3, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 4. The state has not evaluated Hesperia 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 San Bernardino County overall, 2.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Hesperia
The state record shows 22 since 1950. The largest was OLD in 2003 (91,428 acres in total).
- HESPERIA (2024), 1,130 acres
- HIGHWAY (2022), 28 acres
- HESPERIA (2022), 97 acres
- FARMINGTON (2021), 249 acres
- PILOT (2016), 8,111 acres
- BLUE CUT (2016), 36,267 acres
- HILL (2011), 1,159 acres
- LOS FLORES (2007), 4,100 acres
- OAK HILL (2005), 122 acres
- OLD (2003), 91,428 acres
- ESCAPETE (1996), 208 acres
- SUMMIT (1987), 562 acres
Nearby places compared
- Oak Hills, 5.4 mi west: 65.5% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $475,500
- Mountain View Acres, 8.1 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $346,000
- Spring Valley Lake, 8.3 mi north: 8.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $439,500
- Crestline, 9.5 mi south: 60.3% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $363,500
- Victorville, 10.8 mi north: 6.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $342,500
- Lake Arrowhead, 10.9 mi southeast: 69.4% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $545,100
- Apple Valley, 11.5 mi northeast: 27.8% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $377,300
- Phelan, 13.0 mi west: 26.6% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $357,200
- Lytle Creek, 15.0 mi southwest: 16.0% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $483,600
- Running Springs, 15.6 mi southeast: 68.2% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $373,300
- Adelanto, 15.9 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $318,300
- Muscoy, 16.2 mi south: 29.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $379,200