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Is Lucerne in a fire hazard severity zone?
98.9% of Lucerne is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 98.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Lucerne ranks 138 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.22 sq mi Very High, 0.09 sq mi High, 0.02 sq mi Moderate, out of 5.39 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 98.5% is 50.1 points above the 48.4% of Lake County. The median home value of $234,400 is 26% below the county median of $316,800. Among 15 places in the county it ranks 4 for exposure; Cobb ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is ARDEN in 2025. By decade: 2010s: 3, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Lucerne 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 Lake County overall, 44.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Lucerne
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was FOOTHILL in 2016 (63 acres in total).
- ARDEN (2025), 26 acres
- FOOTHILL (2017), 4 acres
- TWENTY (2016), 11 acres
- FOOTHILL (2016), 63 acres
Nearby places compared
- Soda Bay, 4.6 mi south: 92.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $330,600
- Nice, 6.0 mi northwest: 95.7% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $173,100
- Clearlake Oaks, 6.8 mi southeast: 83.6% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $206,000
- North Lakeport, 7.4 mi west: 34.8% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $392,100
- Kelseyville, 8.1 mi southwest: 57.4% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $240,500
- Lakeport, 8.6 mi west: 44.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $327,600
- Clearlake Riviera, 8.7 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $313,600
- Spring Valley, 9.3 mi east: 62.3% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $358,900
- Upper Lake, 9.8 mi northwest: 27.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $344,000
- Clearlake, 10.9 mi southeast: 74.7% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $204,500
- Lower Lake, 13.9 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $236,800
- Cobb, 16.7 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $377,000