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Is Kernville in a fire hazard severity zone?
36.1% of Kernville is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 36.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Kernville ranks 673 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.53 sq mi Very High, 0.13 sq mi High, out of 12.89 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 36.1% is 6.1 points above the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $357,100 is 15% above the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 28 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is FRANDY in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 6, 2000s: 6, 2010s: 4, 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Kernville 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 Kern County overall, 12.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Kernville
The state record shows 29 since 1950. The largest was BULL in 2010 (16,448 acres in total).
- FRANDY (2025), 9 acres
- SIERRA (2020), 1 acres
- BELL (2017), 107 acres
- WAY (2014), 3,882 acres
- CAMP 9 (2012), 4 acres
- BULL (2010), 16,448 acres
- JAMES (2007), 1,349 acres
- NINE (2005), 1,150 acres
- CAMP (2004), 692 acres
- SIERRA (2004), 60 acres
- SARGENT (2000), 74 acres
- HILLSIDE (2000), 73 acres
Nearby places compared
- Wofford Heights, 2.9 mi southwest: 66.8% High or Very High, 20 fires, median home $196,600
- Alta Sierra, 6.3 mi west: 69.4% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Mountain Mesa, 6.6 mi south: 41.9% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $219,800
- Lake Isabella, 7.1 mi southwest: 25.7% High or Very High, 51 fires, median home $112,200
- Squirrel Mountain Valley, 8.2 mi south: 99.9% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $345,500
- Weldon, 9.1 mi southeast: 54.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $153,300
- Bodfish, 11.6 mi south: 56.0% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $104,700
- Panorama Heights, 11.9 mi northwest: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $262,500
- Sugarloaf Saw Mill, 12.4 mi northwest: 67.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Poso Park, 12.5 mi northwest: 96.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Sugarloaf Village, 12.9 mi northwest: 83.5% High or Very High, 0 fires
- McClenney Tract, 13.4 mi northwest: 55.8% High or Very High, 0 fires