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Is Kep'el in a fire hazard severity zone?
74.3% of Kep'el is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 74.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Kep'el ranks 372 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.52 sq mi Very High, 2.19 sq mi High, out of 3.64 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 74.3% is 23.6 points above the 50.6% of Humboldt County. Among 40 places in the county it ranks 8 for exposure; Alderpoint ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is TULLEY in 2016. By decade: 1970s: 1, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Kep'el 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 Humboldt County overall, 21.3% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Kep'el
The state record shows 6 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1998 (11,141 acres in total).
- TULLEY (2016), 607 acres
- PECWAN (2009), 10 acres
- (unnamed) (1998), 11,141 acres
- DEVIL (1992), 3 acres
- CAPPELL (1992), 4 acres
- SALMON (1974), 1,104 acres
Nearby places compared
- Wautec, 5.5 mi northwest: 76.6% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Weitchpec, 8.7 mi southeast: 77.2% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $216,700
- Orick, 13.1 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $417,900
- Hoopa, 15.5 mi southeast: 7.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $253,500
- Big Lagoon, 18.3 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $493,900
- Klamath, 22.1 mi northwest: 27.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $244,500
- Westhaven-Moonstone, 22.2 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $497,400
- Trinidad, 23.0 mi southwest: 13.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $777,500
- Fieldbrook, 24.1 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $610,300
- Willow Creek, 26.2 mi southeast: 47.0% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $335,100
- McKinleyville, 26.4 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $414,200
- Blue Lake, 29.1 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $460,800