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Is Lake Don Pedro in a fire hazard severity zone?
97.3% of Lake Don Pedro is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 95.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lake Don Pedro ranks 188 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 6.44 sq mi Very High, 12.36 sq mi High, 0.38 sq mi Moderate, out of 19.71 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 95.4% is 49.9 points above the 45.4% of Mariposa County. The median home value of $329,200 is 8% below the county median of $358,000. Among 17 places in the county it ranks 8 for exposure; Bootjack ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BAND in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 3. The state has not evaluated Lake Don Pedro 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 Mariposa County overall, 23.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Lake Don Pedro
The state record shows 11 since 1950. The largest was PEDRO in 2024 (3,819 acres in total).
- BAND (2025), 16 acres
- PEDRO (2024), 3,819 acres
- GRANITE (2024), 51 acres
- CORONADO (2017), 123 acres
- FALLS (2017), 20 acres
- ZAMORA (2017), 24 acres
- ALTMAN (2005), 44 acres
- MERCED (1999), 713 acres
- PEDRO (1999), 177 acres
- PEDRO (1995), 16 acres
- NEW YEARS MINE (1959), 463 acres
Nearby places compared
- La Grange, 4.9 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $189,100
- Coulterville, 10.0 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Snelling, 11.0 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $256,800
- Groveland, 13.2 mi northeast: 74.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $329,500
- Hornitos, 13.8 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Chinese Camp, 14.1 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires
- Greeley Hill, 14.3 mi east: 60.2% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $262,900
- Bear Valley, 15.6 mi southeast: 99.9% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $468,900
- Pine Mountain Lake, 16.2 mi northeast: 75.9% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $381,000
- Buck Meadows, 18.7 mi northeast: 92.1% High or Very High, 4 fires
- Knights Ferry, 19.1 mi northwest: 78.5% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Jamestown, 19.9 mi north: 92.5% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $350,600