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Is Los Altos in a fire hazard severity zone?
0.7% of Los Altos is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 0.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Los Altos ranks 1026 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.02 sq mi High, 0.02 sq mi Moderate, out of 6.56 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 0.3% is 68.9 points below the 69.3% of Santa Clara County. The median home value of $2,000,001 is 45% above the county median of $1,382,800. Among 24 places in the county it ranks 14 for exposure; Lexington Hills ranks first at 100.0%. Seismic maps cover Los Altos with liquefaction 4.2%, landslide 0.2%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Santa Clara County overall, 50.9% of the land is Very High.
No fire perimeter since 1950 touches Los Altos in the state record. Small fires are often missing from it.
Nearby places compared
- Loyola, 1.4 mi southeast: 14.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Los Altos Hills, 2.1 mi west: 19.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Mountain View, 2.5 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,927,400
- Palo Alto, 4.0 mi west: 37.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Cupertino, 4.8 mi southeast: 22.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Stanford, 5.2 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Sunnyvale, 5.3 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,816,600
- Ladera, 5.4 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Portola Valley, 6.4 mi west: 66.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $2,000,001
- West Menlo Park, 7.0 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Menlo Park, 7.1 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- East Palo Alto, 7.1 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,124,000