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Is Mission Viejo in a fire hazard severity zone?
25.2% of Mission Viejo is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 19.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Mission Viejo ranks 811 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.29 sq mi Very High, 2.22 sq mi High, 1.02 sq mi Moderate, out of 18.04 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 19.5% is 17.9 points below the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $946,300 is 3% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 23 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is UNNAMED in 2011. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1970s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover Mission Viejo with liquefaction 7.0%, landslide 12.5%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Mission Viejo
The state record shows 5 since 1950. The largest was NELSON in 1970 (3,586 acres in total).
- UNNAMED (2011), 1 acres
- AVERY (2002), 130 acres
- MONARCH (1990), 101 acres
- NELSON (1970), 3,586 acres
- TORO (1950), 729 acres
Nearby places compared
- Laguna Hills, 1.8 mi west: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Las Flores, 2.5 mi southeast: 96.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,068,900
- Rancho Santa Margarita, 3.4 mi northeast: 87.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $907,900
- Ladera Ranch, 3.7 mi south: 64.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,046,600
- Lake Forest, 3.8 mi north: 36.8% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $876,300
- Aliso Viejo, 4.1 mi southwest: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- Laguna Woods, 4.2 mi west: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900
- Coto de Caza, 4.3 mi east: 92.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,419,400
- Laguna Niguel, 5.8 mi southwest: 51.3% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,123,000
- Trabuco Canyon, 6.6 mi northeast: 97.7% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,243,100
- San Juan Capistrano, 6.7 mi south: 57.4% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $929,700
- Modjeska, 7.4 mi north: 76.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $997,100