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Is Kings Beach in a fire hazard severity zone?
51.0% of Kings Beach is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 50.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Kings Beach ranks 564 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.51 sq mi Very High, out of 2.97 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 50.9% is 16.9 points above the 34.1% of Placer County. The median home value of $680,200 is 3% above the county median of $658,800. Among 22 places in the county it ranks 13 for exposure; Alta ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is ROYAL in 2003. By decade: 2000s: 1. The state has not evaluated Kings Beach 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 Placer County overall, 24.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Kings Beach
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was ROYAL in 2003 (339 acres in total).
- ROYAL (2003), 339 acres
Nearby places compared
- Tahoe Vista, 1.8 mi west: 73.2% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $817,100
- Carnelian Bay, 3.2 mi west: 85.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $814,900
- Cedar Flat, 4.8 mi southwest: 84.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $961,700
- Dollar Point, 6.0 mi southwest: 97.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $949,300
- Sunnyside-Tahoe City, 9.3 mi southwest: 69.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,032,700
- Floriston, 10.3 mi north: 76.1% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Truckee, 11.4 mi northwest: 91.9% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $884,000
- Tahoma, 14.0 mi southwest: 65.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $882,700
- Verdi, 19.3 mi north: 54.3% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Soda Springs, 20.1 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,058,300
- South Lake Tahoe, 22.1 mi south: 82.2% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $630,200
- Kingvale, 22.9 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires