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Is Lincoln in a fire hazard severity zone?
35.9% of Lincoln is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 5.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lincoln ranks 953 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.35 sq mi High, 7.46 sq mi Moderate, out of 24.58 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 5.5% is 28.6 points below the 34.1% of Placer County. The median home value of $628,500 is 5% below the county median of $658,800. Among 22 places in the county it ranks 21 for exposure; Alta ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is RANCH in 2025. By decade: 1960s: 1, 2000s: 3, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 4. The state has not evaluated Lincoln 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 Placer County overall, 24.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Lincoln
The state record shows 11 since 1950. The largest was LINCOLN CITY ASST in 2001 (372 acres in total).
- RANCH (2025), 125 acres
- MOORE (2025), 18 acres
- STARDUST (2025), 12 acres
- AIRPORT (2022), 38 acres
- NELSON (2018), 30 acres
- NELSON (2013), 33 acres
- TWIN BRIDGES (2010), 68 acres
- ATHENS (2008), 69 acres
- SIXTY-FIVE (2007), 30 acres
- LINCOLN CITY ASST (2001), 372 acres
- SPRR #71 (1965), 268 acres
Nearby places compared
- Rocklin, 4.9 mi south: 13.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $673,300
- Penryn, 6.6 mi east: 15.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $731,300
- Sheridan, 7.2 mi northwest: 16.1% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $425,000
- Loomis, 7.5 mi southeast: 39.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $649,800
- Roseville, 8.0 mi south: 0.1% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $630,600
- Newcastle, 8.3 mi east: 55.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $596,400
- Granite Bay, 9.9 mi southeast: 46.3% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,094,100
- North Auburn, 10.6 mi east: 15.3% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $503,400
- Auburn, 11.4 mi east: 27.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $642,400
- Wheatland, 11.5 mi northwest: 9.9% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $387,300
- Antelope, 12.2 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $468,200
- Trowbridge, 12.5 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $580,400