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Is Monte Rio in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Monte Rio is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 100.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Monte Rio ranks 51 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.99 sq mi High, out of 1.99 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 100.0% is 38.9 points above the 61.1% of Sonoma County. The median home value of $666,200 is 14% below the county median of $779,000. Among 38 places in the county it ranks 1 for exposure; Monte Rio ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is ALPINE in 2022. By decade: 1960s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Monte Rio 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 Sonoma County overall, 32.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Monte Rio
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was ROADSIDE #44 in 1961 (5,968 acres in total).
- ALPINE (2022), 18 acres
- ROADSIDE #44 (1961), 5,968 acres
Nearby places compared
- Guerneville, 4.0 mi northeast: 99.7% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $589,600
- Jenner, 5.8 mi west: 6.5% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Cazadero, 6.3 mi northwest: 87.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $655,000
- Occidental, 6.4 mi southeast: 0.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,204,000
- Sereno del Mar, 6.7 mi southwest: 6.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,095,800
- Forestville, 7.0 mi east: 1.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $706,200
- Carmet, 7.2 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Graton, 8.2 mi east: 4.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $911,300
- Bodega, 8.4 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Salmon Creek, 8.7 mi south: 28.9% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Bodega Bay, 10.1 mi south: 0.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,199,300
- Sebastopol, 11.0 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $821,400