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Is Joshua Tree in a fire hazard severity zone?
80.5% of Joshua Tree is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 5.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Joshua Tree ranks 962 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.79 sq mi High, 27.28 sq mi Moderate, out of 36.11 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 5.0% is 1.1 points above the 3.9% of San Bernardino County. The median home value of $280,600 is 41% below the county median of $475,000. Among 52 places in the county it ranks 37 for exposure; Big Bear Lake ranks first at 82.9%. The latest recorded fire is WHISPERING PINES in 2006. By decade: 1980s: 1, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 1. The state has not evaluated Joshua Tree 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 Joshua Tree
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was COVINGTON in 1995 (5,154 acres in total).
- WHISPERING PINES (2006), 991 acres
- COVINGTON (1998), 781 acres
- COVINGTON (1995), 5,154 acres
- JOSHUA (1989), 531 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Joshua Tree touches the Joshua Tree North, Joshua Tree South maps.
Nearby places compared
- Yucca Valley, 6.3 mi west: 18.5% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $321,300
- Homestead Valley, 11.0 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $214,800
- Morongo Valley, 14.8 mi west: 8.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $265,100
- Desert Edge, 16.0 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $56,900
- Twentynine Palms, 16.0 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $238,400
- Sky Valley, 16.2 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $136,500
- Garnet, 17.2 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $237,800
- Desert Hot Springs, 17.4 mi southwest: 0.2% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $309,300
- Indio Hills, 20.5 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $356,600
- Thousand Palms, 22.1 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $260,500
- Cathedral City, 22.8 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $420,700
- Desert Palms, 24.1 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $526,500