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Is Menifee in a fire hazard severity zone?
46.4% of Menifee is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 40.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Menifee ranks 645 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 15.71 sq mi Very High, 2.97 sq mi High, 2.93 sq mi Moderate, out of 46.60 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 40.1% is 23.7 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $487,200 is 5% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 33 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is SCOTT in 2012. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 4, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 2. The state has not evaluated Menifee 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 Menifee
The state record shows 15 since 1950. The largest was CALIFORNIA in 1993 (24,434 acres in total).
- SCOTT (2012), 4 acres
- KELLER (2011), 411 acres
- DAILY (2007), 224 acres
- HOLLAND (2003), 107 acres
- PAT (1996), 165 acres
- COTTONWOOD (1995), 531 acres
- CALIFORNIA (1993), 24,434 acres
- GOETZ SERIES (1983), 332 acres
- NEWPORT (1983), 537 acres
- (unnamed) (1981), 915 acres
- (unnamed) (1980), 602 acres
- MENIFEE (1979), 1,237 acres
Nearby places compared
- Canyon Lake, 4.1 mi west: 37.5% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $647,300
- Meadowbrook, 5.2 mi west: 87.1% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $323,800
- Romoland, 5.2 mi northeast: 66.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $403,600
- Homeland, 5.9 mi northeast: 84.1% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $189,600
- Wildomar, 6.4 mi southwest: 70.3% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $511,900
- Perris, 6.7 mi north: 26.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $431,900
- Green Acres, 7.2 mi east: 86.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $242,000
- Good Hope, 7.3 mi northwest: 73.8% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $319,600
- Nuevo, 7.4 mi north: 27.7% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $507,200
- Winchester, 7.7 mi east: 58.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $429,500
- Warm Springs, 7.9 mi west: 57.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $321,400
- Murrieta, 8.2 mi south: 49.0% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $606,900