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Is Los Alamos in a fire hazard severity zone?
91.9% of Los Alamos is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 81.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Los Alamos ranks 331 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.72 sq mi High, 0.10 sq mi Moderate, out of 0.90 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 81.3% is 39.7 points above the 41.5% of Santa Barbara County. The median home value of $672,100 is 9% below the county median of $735,700. Among 28 places in the county it ranks 5 for exposure; Mission Canyon ranks first at 87.3%. The latest recorded fire is CAT in 1984. By decade: 1980s: 1. The state has not evaluated Los Alamos 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 Santa Barbara County overall, 29.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Los Alamos
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was CAT in 1984 (1,012 acres in total).
- CAT (1984), 1,012 acres
Nearby places compared
- Sisquoc, 8.7 mi north: 7.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $550,900
- Buellton, 9.3 mi southeast: 32.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $704,200
- Los Olivos, 9.8 mi southeast: 8.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,373,000
- Mission Hills, 10.2 mi west: 85.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $477,800
- Garey, 10.6 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Vandenberg Village, 10.9 mi west: 87.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $577,500
- Ballard, 11.6 mi southeast: 0.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,589,300
- Lompoc, 12.2 mi southwest: 14.8% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $433,800
- Solvang, 12.8 mi southeast: 40.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $936,900
- Orcutt, 13.1 mi northwest: 7.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $587,000
- Santa Ynez, 13.2 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,121,000
- Vandenberg AFB, 13.8 mi west: 2.4% High or Very High, 26 fires