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Is La Quinta in a fire hazard severity zone?
21.2% of La Quinta is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 0.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
La Quinta ranks 1021 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.19 sq mi High, 7.37 sq mi Moderate, out of 35.69 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 0.5% is 15.9 points below the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $612,800 is 20% above the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 54 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is (unnamed) in 1975. By decade: 1970s: 1. The state has not evaluated La Quinta 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across La Quinta
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1975 (768 acres in total).
- (unnamed) (1975), 768 acres
Nearby places compared
- Indian Wells, 4.6 mi northwest: 34.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,002,200
- Vista Santa Rosa, 4.6 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $401,900
- Bermuda Dunes, 5.5 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $509,100
- Indio, 6.4 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $424,700
- Palm Desert, 7.4 mi northwest: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $491,600
- Coachella, 7.8 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $341,300
- Desert Palms, 8.0 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $526,500
- Thermal, 9.1 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $183,200
- Thousand Palms, 11.0 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $260,500
- Rancho Mirage, 11.3 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $747,800
- Indio Hills, 12.0 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $356,600
- Mecca, 13.5 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $222,000