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Is Highland in a fire hazard severity zone?
58.5% of Highland is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 52.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Highland ranks 549 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.56 sq mi Very High, 5.23 sq mi High, 1.13 sq mi Moderate, out of 18.68 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 52.4% is 48.6 points above the 3.9% of San Bernardino County. The median home value of $455,200 is 4% below the county median of $475,000. Among 52 places in the county it ranks 12 for exposure; Big Bear Lake ranks first at 82.9%. The latest recorded fire is ABBEY in 2024. By decade: 1950s: 3, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 3, 2000s: 4, 2010s: 4, 2020s: 3. The state has not evaluated Highland 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 Highland
The state record shows 21 since 1950. The largest was OLD in 2003 (91,428 acres in total).
- ABBEY (2024), 57 acres
- LINE (2024), 43,976 acres
- MENTONE (2020), 47 acres
- KING (2018), 11 acres
- BRIDGE 2 (2017), 460 acres
- MART (2017), 669 acres
- FLORIDA (2011), 67 acres
- BASELINE (2009), 44 acres
- GARNET (2008), 119 acres
- EMERALD (2006), 2,131 acres
- OLD (2003), 91,428 acres
- (unnamed) (1989), 225 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Highland touches the Harrison Mountain, Redlands, Yucaipa maps.
Nearby places compared
- Redlands, 4.1 mi south: 49.4% High or Very High, 41 fires, median home $583,000
- Mentone, 5.4 mi southeast: 59.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $414,200
- Loma Linda, 6.0 mi southwest: 51.0% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $557,800
- San Bernardino, 6.6 mi west: 37.4% High or Very High, 71 fires, median home $384,900
- Running Springs, 7.7 mi northeast: 68.2% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $373,300
- Colton, 8.4 mi southwest: 22.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $411,100
- Yucaipa, 8.8 mi southeast: 61.1% High or Very High, 31 fires, median home $466,000
- Grand Terrace, 9.2 mi southwest: 35.3% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $465,800
- Muscoy, 10.0 mi west: 29.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $379,200
- Lake Arrowhead, 10.1 mi north: 69.4% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $545,100
- Highgrove, 10.1 mi southwest: 57.5% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $594,400
- Crestline, 11.3 mi northwest: 60.3% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $363,500