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Is Las Flores in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.8% of Las Flores is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 96.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Las Flores ranks 168 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.86 sq mi Very High, 0.58 sq mi High, 0.08 sq mi Moderate, out of 2.52 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 96.8% is 59.4 points above the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $1,068,900 is 17% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 4 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is TESORO SCHOOL in 2017. By decade: 1950s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover Las Flores with liquefaction 13.5%, landslide 22.3%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Las Flores
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was STEWARD in 1958 (68,106 acres in total).
- TESORO SCHOOL (2017), 0 acres
- ANTONIO (2002), 1,480 acres
- STEWARD (1958), 68,106 acres
- WIEGAND (1954), 4,956 acres
Nearby places compared
- Coto de Caza, 2.4 mi northeast: 92.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,419,400
- Mission Viejo, 2.5 mi northwest: 19.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $946,300
- Ladera Ranch, 2.6 mi southwest: 64.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,046,600
- Rancho Santa Margarita, 3.0 mi north: 87.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $907,900
- Laguna Hills, 3.9 mi west: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Rancho Mission Viejo, 5.4 mi southeast: 97.2% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $1,039,300
- San Juan Capistrano, 5.7 mi south: 57.4% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $929,700
- Lake Forest, 5.8 mi northwest: 36.8% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $876,300
- Aliso Viejo, 5.9 mi west: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- Laguna Niguel, 6.3 mi southwest: 51.3% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,123,000
- Laguna Woods, 6.6 mi west: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900
- Trabuco Canyon, 6.7 mi north: 97.7% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,243,100