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Is Lake Wildwood in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Lake Wildwood is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 70.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lake Wildwood ranks 409 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.40 sq mi Very High, 1.06 sq mi High, 1.04 sq mi Moderate, out of 3.51 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 70.3% is 5.4 points above the 64.9% of Nevada County. The median home value of $495,100 is 18% below the county median of $602,800. Among 14 places in the county it ranks 12 for exposure; Kingvale ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is 49'ER in 1988. By decade: 1980s: 1. The state has not evaluated Lake Wildwood 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 Nevada County overall, 52.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Lake Wildwood
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was 49'ER in 1988 (36,343 acres in total).
- 49'ER (1988), 36,343 acres
Nearby places compared
- Penn Valley, 2.8 mi south: 84.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $530,100
- Rough and Ready, 3.5 mi east: 93.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $659,900
- Smartsville, 5.4 mi west: 99.7% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $425,500
- Grass Valley, 7.3 mi east: 91.2% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $458,400
- Dobbins, 9.2 mi north: 98.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $411,100
- Nevada City, 9.7 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $607,300
- North San Juan, 10.8 mi northeast: 71.5% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $269,800
- Alta Sierra, 11.0 mi southeast: 97.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $560,600
- Beale AFB, 12.0 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 13 fires
- Loma Rica, 12.6 mi northwest: 99.6% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $491,600
- Bangor, 14.6 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $363,600
- Rackerby, 15.5 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $387,500