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Is Lake Hughes in a fire hazard severity zone?
50.8% of Lake Hughes is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 50.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lake Hughes ranks 565 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.43 sq mi Very High, out of 10.69 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 50.8% is 18.4 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $519,400 is 34% below the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 30 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is LAKE in 2020. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 1, 2010s: 1, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Lake Hughes with fault zone 20.5%, liquefaction 14.2%, landslide 2.7%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Los Angeles County overall, 29.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Lake Hughes
The state record shows 7 since 1950. The largest was LAKE in 2020 (30,999 acres in total).
- LAKE (2020), 30,999 acres
- POWERHOUSE (2013), 30,268 acres
- ELIZABETH (1981), 879 acres
- (unnamed) (1977), 64 acres
- MEADOW (1968), 161 acres
- CHERRY (1951), 8,782 acres
- (unnamed) (1951), 10 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Lake Hughes touches the Burnt Peak, Lake Hughes maps.
Nearby places compared
- Elizabeth Lake, 5.0 mi east: 95.0% High or Very High, 17 fires, median home $381,500
- Green Valley, 5.5 mi southeast: 16.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $369,600
- Leona Valley, 10.9 mi southeast: 86.2% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $668,000
- Quartz Hill, 13.9 mi east: 6.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $455,500
- Agua Dulce, 14.9 mi southeast: 94.1% High or Very High, 25 fires, median home $907,600
- Palmdale, 15.3 mi southeast: 39.7% High or Very High, 39 fires, median home $435,300
- Castaic, 17.1 mi southwest: 94.4% High or Very High, 25 fires, median home $710,400
- Lancaster, 17.6 mi east: 31.8% High or Very High, 34 fires, median home $409,100
- Santa Clarita, 18.4 mi south: 79.9% High or Very High, 124 fires, median home $721,000
- Hasley Canyon, 18.4 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $1,134,900
- Desert View Highlands, 18.4 mi east: 4.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $321,400
- Rosamond, 18.8 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $330,100