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Is Lake Elsinore in a fire hazard severity zone?
79.0% of Lake Elsinore is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 75.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lake Elsinore ranks 366 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 30.64 sq mi Very High, 2.08 sq mi High, 1.62 sq mi Moderate, out of 43.50 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 75.2% is 58.8 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $505,700 is 1% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 13 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is CRUMP in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 7, 1960s: 4, 1970s: 6, 1980s: 11, 1990s: 5, 2000s: 3, 2010s: 4, 2020s: 3. The state has not evaluated Lake Elsinore 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Lake Elsinore
The state record shows 43 since 1950. The largest was HOLY in 2018 (23,025 acres in total).
- CRUMP (2025), 55 acres
- NICHOLS (2025), 47 acres
- MACY (2024), 134 acres
- TORO (2019), 88 acres
- HOLY (2018), 23,025 acres
- FALLS (2013), 1,384 acres
- CEDAR (2012), 72 acres
- GAFFORD (2004), 406 acres
- CERRITO (2004), 16,447 acres
- HOLLAND (2003), 107 acres
- WALKER (1996), 137 acres
- COTTONWOOD (1995), 531 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Lake Elsinore touches the Alberhill, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar maps.
Nearby places compared
- Warm Springs, 1.7 mi northeast: 57.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $321,400
- Lakeland Village, 2.9 mi south: 73.9% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $429,000
- Meadowbrook, 4.4 mi northeast: 87.1% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $323,800
- Canyon Lake, 4.7 mi east: 37.5% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $647,300
- Good Hope, 7.2 mi northeast: 73.8% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $319,600
- Wildomar, 7.3 mi southeast: 70.3% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $511,900
- Menifee, 8.8 mi east: 40.1% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $487,200
- Temescal Valley, 8.9 mi northwest: 85.7% High or Very High, 30 fires, median home $648,200
- Lake Mathews, 9.8 mi north: 86.8% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $678,300
- Perris, 10.2 mi northeast: 26.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $431,900
- Mead Valley, 10.7 mi north: 51.5% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $417,700
- Murrieta, 12.0 mi southeast: 49.0% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $606,900