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Is Mead Valley in a fire hazard severity zone?
59.7% of Mead Valley is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 51.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Mead Valley ranks 558 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 8.69 sq mi Very High, 1.12 sq mi High, 1.56 sq mi Moderate, out of 19.07 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 51.5% is 35.1 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $417,700 is 18% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 27 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is RIDER in 2025. By decade: 1960s: 2, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 5, 2010s: 1, 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Mead Valley 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Mead Valley
The state record shows 14 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1960 (5,277 acres in total).
- RIDER (2025), 50 acres
- WALNUT (2024), 23 acres
- GARZA (2011), 167 acres
- BROWN (1997), 268 acres
- SEATON (1995), 127 acres
- VISTA (1995), 126 acres
- WATER (1992), 102 acres
- ORANGE (1992), 268 acres
- FOX (1982), 573 acres
- MICHEAL (1981), 1,154 acres
- (unnamed) (1979), 1,126 acres
- YUCCA #2 (1979), 421 acres
Nearby places compared
- March ARB, 3.9 mi north: 48.2% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Good Hope, 4.0 mi south: 73.8% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $319,600
- Perris, 4.5 mi southeast: 26.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $431,900
- Lake Mathews, 4.6 mi west: 86.8% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $678,300
- Woodcrest, 7.0 mi northwest: 44.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $679,400
- Meadowbrook, 7.8 mi south: 87.1% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $323,800
- Moreno Valley, 7.9 mi northeast: 32.6% High or Very High, 60 fires, median home $461,400
- Nuevo, 8.0 mi east: 27.7% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $507,200
- Romoland, 8.6 mi southeast: 66.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $403,600
- Warm Springs, 9.1 mi south: 57.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $321,400
- Lakeview, 9.1 mi east: 1.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $492,100
- Canyon Lake, 9.8 mi south: 37.5% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $647,300