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Is Laguna Beach in a fire hazard severity zone?
95.7% of Laguna Beach is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 92.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Laguna Beach ranks 224 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.60 sq mi Very High, 0.51 sq mi High, 0.31 sq mi Moderate, out of 8.80 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 92.2% is 54.8 points above the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $2,000,001 is 118% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 5 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is COASTAL in 2022. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 2, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Laguna Beach with liquefaction 9.6%, landslide 43.2%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Laguna Beach
The state record shows 7 since 1950. The largest was LAGUNA in 1993 (14,338 acres in total).
- COASTAL (2022), 202 acres
- LAGUNA (2002), 83 acres
- (unnamed) (2001), 6 acres
- LAGUNA (1993), 14,338 acres
- LAGUNA (BOAT) (1979), 535 acres
- OUTSIDE ORIGIN #6 (1961), 339 acres
- JACK (1955), 1,607 acres
Nearby places compared
- Aliso Viejo, 3.6 mi northeast: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- Laguna Niguel, 4.1 mi east: 51.3% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,123,000
- Laguna Woods, 5.0 mi northeast: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900
- Laguna Hills, 6.0 mi northeast: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Dana Point, 7.0 mi southeast: 6.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,200,900
- Newport Beach, 7.6 mi northwest: 33.6% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Ladera Ranch, 7.7 mi east: 64.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,046,600
- Mission Viejo, 7.7 mi northeast: 19.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $946,300
- San Juan Capistrano, 7.9 mi east: 57.4% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $929,700
- Las Flores, 9.3 mi east: 96.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,068,900
- Lake Forest, 9.4 mi northeast: 36.8% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $876,300
- Irvine, 9.6 mi north: 35.0% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $1,115,400