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Is La Verne in a fire hazard severity zone?
42.3% of La Verne is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 35.6% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
La Verne ranks 678 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 2.43 sq mi Very High, 0.60 sq mi High, 0.57 sq mi Moderate, out of 8.51 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 35.6% is 3.2 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $793,900 is 1% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 43 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is RODEO in 2017. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 3, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 3, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover La Verne with liquefaction 8.3%, landslide 3.7%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Los Angeles County overall, 29.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across La Verne
The state record shows 12 since 1950. The largest was WILLIAMS in 2002 (38,119 acres in total).
- RODEO (2017), 61 acres
- WILLIAMS (2002), 38,119 acres
- ESPERANZA (1993), 12 acres
- LEROY (1988), 171 acres
- EMERALD (1988), 70 acres
- (unnamed) (1981), 40 acres
- (unnamed) (1979), 9 acres
- (unnamed) (1977), 1 acres
- (unnamed) (1968), 79 acres
- (unnamed) (1962), 16 acres
- (unnamed) (1960), 22,736 acres
- PUDDINGSTONE (1955), 251 acres
Nearby places compared
- San Dimas, 2.1 mi west: 50.7% High or Very High, 39 fires, median home $756,200
- Claremont, 3.8 mi east: 48.1% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $870,800
- Glendora, 4.1 mi west: 45.5% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $820,800
- Pomona, 4.2 mi south: 11.6% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $569,600
- Charter Oak, 5.8 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $601,900
- Montclair, 5.8 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $549,600
- Covina, 6.7 mi southwest: 0.2% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $666,000
- Upland, 6.7 mi east: 10.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $688,800
- Citrus, 6.8 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $614,200
- San Antonio Heights, 7.1 mi east: 70.5% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $986,500
- Azusa, 7.7 mi west: 29.3% High or Very High, 20 fires, median home $607,400
- Walnut, 8.0 mi southwest: 35.7% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $972,500