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Is Markleeville in a fire hazard severity zone?
22.8% of Markleeville is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 22.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Markleeville ranks 781 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.27 sq mi Very High, 0.22 sq mi High, out of 6.53 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 22.8% is 16.8 points above the 6.0% of Alpine County. The median home value of $464,000 is 0% below the county median of $466,100. Among 5 places in the county it ranks 3 for exposure; Alpine Village ranks first at 88.3%. The latest recorded fire is TAMARACK in 2021. By decade: 1960s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Markleeville 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 Alpine County overall, 3.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Markleeville
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was TAMARACK in 2021 (67,055 acres in total).
- TAMARACK (2021), 67,055 acres
- (unnamed) (1964), 269 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Markleeville touches the Markleeville map.
Nearby places compared
- Alpine Village, 7.2 mi north: 88.3% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $479,200
- Mesa Vista, 9.1 mi north: 58.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $650,000
- Kirkwood, 12.1 mi west: 18.4% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $568,200
- Meyers, 13.9 mi northwest: 59.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $572,200
- Topaz, 17.7 mi east: 18.4% High or Very High, 7 fires
- Bear Valley, 18.6 mi southwest: 15.1% High or Very High, 0 fires
- South Lake Tahoe, 18.7 mi northwest: 82.2% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $630,200
- Coleville, 19.4 mi east: 17.2% High or Very High, 11 fires
- Walker, 22.4 mi southeast: 64.2% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $431,000
- Tahoma, 31.1 mi northwest: 65.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $882,700
- Strawberry, 34.5 mi south: 69.6% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Dorrington, 34.8 mi southwest: 95.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $383,300