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Is Magalia in a fire hazard severity zone?
93.9% of Magalia is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 93.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Magalia ranks 209 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 13.34 sq mi Very High, out of 14.20 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 93.9% is 43.0 points above the 50.9% of Butte County. The median home value of $254,400 is 38% below the county median of $408,700. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 14 for exposure; Bangor ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is COLTER in 2024. By decade: 2010s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Magalia 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 Butte County overall, 37.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Magalia
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was CAMP in 2018 (153,336 acres in total).
- COLTER (2024), 0 acres
- CAMP (2018), 153,336 acres
Nearby places compared
- Paradise, 4.3 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $391,100
- Concow, 5.8 mi southeast: 78.4% High or Very High, 9 fires
- Butte Creek Canyon, 5.8 mi southwest: 97.4% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $700,700
- Forest Ranch, 5.8 mi northwest: 94.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $491,300
- Stirling City, 7.2 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $256,800
- Cohasset, 8.8 mi northwest: 97.8% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $532,300
- Yankee Hill, 9.9 mi southeast: 99.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $592,400
- Butte Valley, 11.1 mi south: 97.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $492,400
- Cherokee, 12.4 mi south: 99.6% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Chico, 12.7 mi west: 35.4% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $455,300
- Durham, 16.9 mi southwest: 4.6% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $612,100
- Berry Creek, 17.5 mi southeast: 83.1% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $276,400