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Is Lake Nacimiento in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.8% of Lake Nacimiento is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 99.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lake Nacimiento ranks 104 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.88 sq mi Very High, 4.62 sq mi High, out of 10.51 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 99.8% is 32.8 points above the 67.0% of San Luis Obispo County. The median home value of $475,700 is 39% below the county median of $777,200. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 2 for exposure; Creston ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is POINT in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Lake Nacimiento 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 Luis Obispo County overall, 28.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Lake Nacimiento
The state record shows 7 since 1950. The largest was BONNHEIM #2 in 1952 (515 acres in total).
- POINT (2025), 2 acres
- BRIDLE (2020), 2 acres
- SADDLE BACK (2019), 4 acres
- RESORT (2018), 13 acres
- LAKE (2009), 123 acres
- (unnamed) (1998), 110 acres
- BONNHEIM #2 (1952), 515 acres
Nearby places compared
- Oak Shores, 6.8 mi west: 89.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $507,600
- Bradley, 9.8 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- San Miguel, 10.0 mi east: 70.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $453,000
- El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), 13.0 mi southeast: 48.8% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $648,400
- Templeton, 14.6 mi southeast: 33.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $782,700
- San Simeon, 17.1 mi southwest: 10.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $276,600
- Cambria, 17.4 mi southwest: 55.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $868,400
- Lockwood, 18.7 mi northwest: 99.8% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Atascadero, 19.9 mi southeast: 51.0% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $673,400
- Cayucos, 20.3 mi south: 19.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $947,000
- San Ardo, 20.4 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $420,300
- Whitley Gardens, 21.0 mi east: 92.1% High or Very High, 1 fire