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Is Lake Arrowhead in a fire hazard severity zone?
69.4% of Lake Arrowhead is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 69.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lake Arrowhead ranks 418 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 13.08 sq mi Very High, 0.04 sq mi High, out of 18.90 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 69.4% is 65.6 points above the 3.9% of San Bernardino County. The median home value of $545,100 is 15% above the county median of $475,000. Among 52 places in the county it ranks 5 for exposure; Big Bear Lake ranks first at 82.9%. The latest recorded fire is GRASS VALLEY in 2007. By decade: 1950s: 5, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 2. The state has not evaluated Lake Arrowhead 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 San Bernardino County overall, 2.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Lake Arrowhead
The state record shows 9 since 1950. The largest was OLD in 2003 (91,428 acres in total).
- GRASS VALLEY (2007), 1,242 acres
- OLD (2003), 91,428 acres
- (unnamed) (1990), 8 acres
- PANORAMA (1980), 23,626 acres
- STABLE (1959), 11,981 acres
- MCKINLEY (1956), 10,698 acres
- ARROWHEAD SPRINGS (1953), 3,105 acres
- (unnamed) (1953), 491 acres
- LITTLE BEAR (1951), 3,852 acres
Nearby places compared
- Running Springs, 4.8 mi southeast: 68.2% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $373,300
- Crestline, 5.5 mi west: 60.3% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $363,500
- San Bernardino, 9.9 mi southwest: 37.4% High or Very High, 71 fires, median home $384,900
- Highland, 10.1 mi south: 52.4% High or Very High, 21 fires, median home $455,200
- Hesperia, 10.9 mi northwest: 45.1% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $366,800
- Muscoy, 11.4 mi southwest: 29.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $379,200
- Oak Hills, 13.9 mi northwest: 65.5% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $475,500
- Redlands, 14.1 mi south: 49.4% High or Very High, 41 fires, median home $583,000
- Mentone, 14.4 mi south: 59.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $414,200
- Rialto, 15.0 mi southwest: 14.5% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $454,400
- Loma Linda, 15.1 mi south: 51.0% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $557,800
- Colton, 15.5 mi southwest: 22.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $411,100