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Is Lake Forest in a fire hazard severity zone?
40.0% of Lake Forest is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 36.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lake Forest ranks 668 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.57 sq mi Very High, 0.60 sq mi High, 0.54 sq mi Moderate, out of 16.79 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 36.8% is 0.7 points below the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $876,300 is 4% below the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 16 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is SILVERADO in 2020. By decade: 1970s: 2, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 2. Seismic maps cover Lake Forest with liquefaction 13.8%, landslide 11.8%.
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 Lake Forest
The state record shows 11 since 1950. The largest was SANTIAGO in 2007 (28,430 acres in total).
- SILVERADO (2020), 12,469 acres
- BOND (2020), 6,681 acres
- EL TORO IC (2018), 0 acres
- CANADA IC (2018), 0 acres
- (unnamed) (2017), 0 acres
- SANTIAGO (2007), 28,430 acres
- WHITING (2000), 11 acres
- SANTIAGO (1997), 338 acres
- MODJESKA (1984), 1,018 acres
- NELSON (1970), 3,586 acres
- EL TORO (1970), 413 acres
Nearby places compared
- Mission Viejo, 3.8 mi south: 19.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $946,300
- Laguna Hills, 4.4 mi south: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Rancho Santa Margarita, 4.4 mi southeast: 87.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $907,900
- Modjeska, 4.5 mi northeast: 76.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $997,100
- Laguna Woods, 4.5 mi southwest: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900
- Trabuco Canyon, 5.3 mi east: 97.7% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,243,100
- Williams Canyon, 5.5 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Irvine, 5.7 mi west: 35.0% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $1,115,400
- Las Flores, 5.8 mi southeast: 96.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,068,900
- Aliso Viejo, 6.1 mi southwest: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- Coto de Caza, 6.5 mi southeast: 92.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,419,400
- Silverado, 7.2 mi northeast: 71.9% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $658,500