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Is Lancaster in a fire hazard severity zone?
60.6% of Lancaster is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 31.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lancaster ranks 715 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 25.39 sq mi Very High, 4.67 sq mi High, 27.26 sq mi Moderate, out of 94.56 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 31.8% is 0.6 points below the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $409,100 is 48% below the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 46 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is LIMA in 2021. By decade: 1970s: 2, 1980s: 11, 1990s: 11, 2000s: 6, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Lancaster with liquefaction 3.7%.
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 Lancaster
The state record shows 34 since 1950. The largest was WEST in 1993 (1,964 acres in total).
- LIMA (2021), 62 acres
- PERKINS (2011), 27 acres
- INDIA (2011), 57 acres
- LANCASTER (2011), 17 acres
- GRAVE (2009), 262 acres
- GOLF (2009), 88 acres
- VALLEY (2009), 131 acres
- RANGE (2005), 239 acres
- QUARTZ (2005), 127 acres
- WEST (2003), 111 acres
- H (1998), 110 acres
- K I C (1997), 460 acres
Nearby places compared
- Quartz Hill, 4.8 mi southwest: 6.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $455,500
- Desert View Highlands, 7.5 mi south: 4.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $321,400
- Palmdale, 8.4 mi southwest: 39.7% High or Very High, 39 fires, median home $435,300
- Leona Valley, 9.6 mi southwest: 86.2% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $668,000
- Rosamond, 12.4 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $330,100
- Elizabeth Lake, 13.2 mi west: 95.0% High or Very High, 17 fires, median home $381,500
- Acton, 14.0 mi south: 97.2% High or Very High, 30 fires, median home $695,300
- Sun Village, 14.6 mi southeast: 7.2% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $348,100
- Littlerock, 15.4 mi southeast: 78.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $345,700
- Green Valley, 15.4 mi west: 16.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $369,600
- Agua Dulce, 16.1 mi southwest: 94.1% High or Very High, 25 fires, median home $907,600
- Lake Hughes, 17.6 mi west: 50.8% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $519,400