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Is Irvine in a fire hazard severity zone?
38.3% of Irvine is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 35.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Irvine ranks 685 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 16.42 sq mi Very High, 6.66 sq mi High, 2.16 sq mi Moderate, out of 65.89 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 35.0% is 2.4 points below the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $1,115,400 is 22% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 17 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BONITA in 2021. By decade: 1960s: 1, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 4, 2010s: 6, 2020s: 3. Seismic maps cover Irvine with liquefaction 28.5%, landslide 6.5%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Irvine
The state record shows 18 since 1950. The largest was PASEO GRANDE in 1967 (51,076 acres in total).
- BONITA (2021), 1 acres
- RIDGE (2021), 6 acres
- SILVERADO (2020), 12,469 acres
- FOSSIL (2019), 16 acres
- JAMBOREE (2018), 0 acres
- CREEK (2017), 0 acres
- MAGAZINE (2017), 5 acres
- JEFFREY (2017), 11 acres
- CANYON (2016), 20 acres
- SANTIAGO (2007), 28,430 acres
- 261 INCIDENT (2007), 90 acres
- SHADY CANYON (2002), 3 acres
Nearby places compared
- Tustin, 4.1 mi northwest: 6.9% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $890,600
- North Tustin, 5.4 mi north: 14.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,212,400
- Lake Forest, 5.7 mi east: 36.8% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $876,300
- Laguna Woods, 5.7 mi south: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900
- Laguna Hills, 7.9 mi southeast: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Newport Beach, 7.9 mi southwest: 33.6% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Santa Ana, 7.9 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $657,800
- Williams Canyon, 8.0 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Aliso Viejo, 8.1 mi south: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- Modjeska, 8.1 mi east: 76.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $997,100
- Mission Viejo, 8.5 mi southeast: 19.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $946,300
- Costa Mesa, 8.7 mi west: 2.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,054,700