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Is Laguna Niguel in a fire hazard severity zone?
59.6% of Laguna Niguel is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 51.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Laguna Niguel ranks 560 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.08 sq mi Very High, 2.52 sq mi High, 1.23 sq mi Moderate, out of 14.81 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 51.3% is 13.9 points above the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $1,123,000 is 23% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 14 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is COASTAL in 2022. By decade: 1970s: 2, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Laguna Niguel with liquefaction 7.1%, landslide 39.3%.
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 Niguel
The state record shows 6 since 1950. The largest was ORTEGA in 1979 (302 acres in total).
- COASTAL (2022), 202 acres
- LAGUNA NIGUEL REGIONAL PARK (2017), 3 acres
- NIGUEL (2017), 1 acres
- SAN JUAN (2016), 70 acres
- NIGUEL (1979), 136 acres
- ORTEGA (1979), 302 acres
Nearby places compared
- Aliso Viejo, 3.3 mi north: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- San Juan Capistrano, 3.8 mi southeast: 57.4% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $929,700
- Dana Point, 4.1 mi south: 6.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,200,900
- Ladera Ranch, 4.1 mi east: 64.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,046,600
- Laguna Beach, 4.1 mi west: 92.2% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Laguna Hills, 4.5 mi north: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Laguna Woods, 5.7 mi north: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900
- Mission Viejo, 5.8 mi northeast: 19.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $946,300
- Las Flores, 6.3 mi northeast: 96.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,068,900
- Rancho Mission Viejo, 8.1 mi east: 97.2% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $1,039,300
- San Clemente, 8.3 mi southeast: 57.8% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $1,220,500
- Coto de Caza, 8.7 mi northeast: 92.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,419,400