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Is Lake Riverside in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.9% of Lake Riverside is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 96.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lake Riverside ranks 170 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 6.13 sq mi Very High, 0.99 sq mi High, 0.25 sq mi Moderate, out of 7.38 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 96.5% is 80.1 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $390,000 is 24% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 1 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is BRADFORD BRANCH in 2025. By decade: 1960s: 1, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Lake Riverside 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 Riverside
The state record shows 9 since 1950. The largest was BARBER in 1981 (12,163 acres in total).
- BRADFORD BRANCH (2025), 11 acres
- BRADFORD (2012), 10 acres
- ROCK (2012), 46 acres
- PLEASURE (2004), 2,456 acres
- READ (1996), 101 acres
- TRIBAL (1993), 2,199 acres
- (unnamed) (1982), 0 acres
- BARBER (1981), 12,163 acres
- (unnamed) (1967), 63 acres
Nearby places compared
- Aguanga, 4.9 mi southwest: 86.3% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Anza, 7.8 mi northeast: 81.1% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $316,700
- Sage, 8.9 mi northwest: 95.4% High or Very High, 49 fires, median home $516,700
- Mountain Center, 14.7 mi north: 44.6% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Idyllwild-Pine Cove, 16.5 mi north: 59.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $485,300
- Valle Vista, 16.5 mi north: 39.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $315,400
- East Hemet, 16.7 mi northwest: 32.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $370,300
- French Valley, 17.7 mi west: 46.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $637,800
- Temecula, 17.9 mi west: 37.3% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $640,400
- Pala, 18.0 mi southwest: 9.3% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $265,000
- Hemet, 18.2 mi northwest: 26.7% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $314,200
- Winchester, 20.4 mi northwest: 58.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $429,500