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Is Moorpark in a fire hazard severity zone?
92.8% of Moorpark is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 87.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Moorpark ranks 262 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 9.94 sq mi Very High, 0.97 sq mi High, 0.64 sq mi Moderate, out of 12.45 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 87.7% is 49.0 points above the 38.7% of Ventura County. The median home value of $852,800 is 11% above the county median of $768,400. Among 24 places in the county it ranks 7 for exposure; Bell Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is VIRGINIA in 2021. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 1, 2000s: 3, 2010s: 5, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Moorpark with fault zone 2.6%, liquefaction 36.6%, landslide 7.7%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Ventura County overall, 36.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Moorpark
The state record shows 13 since 1950. The largest was CLAMPITT in 1970 (115,537 acres in total).
- VIRGINIA (2021), 4 acres
- EASY (2019), 1,806 acres
- COLLINS (2018), 6 acres
- CAMPUS (2018), 0 acres
- PRINCETON (2015), 44 acres
- COLLINS (2011), 59 acres
- SHEKELL (2006), 13,618 acres
- SIMI (2003), 107,570 acres
- WALNUT INCIDENT (2001), 36 acres
- PEACH HILL (1985), 1,992 acres
- CLAMPITT (1970), 115,537 acres
- CALUMET CANYON (1958), 17,214 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Moorpark touches the Simi Valley West map.
Nearby places compared
- Santa Rosa Valley, 3.0 mi southwest: 99.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,663,800
- Thousand Oaks, 7.0 mi south: 76.4% High or Very High, 71 fires, median home $951,200
- Somis, 7.3 mi west: 69.3% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,158,700
- Simi Valley, 7.6 mi east: 70.9% High or Very High, 59 fires, median home $753,500
- Casa Conejo, 7.7 mi southwest: 9.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $813,300
- Fillmore, 8.5 mi north: 56.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $567,500
- Oak Park, 9.2 mi southeast: 80.7% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $1,017,100
- Piru, 9.7 mi northeast: 50.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $586,400
- Lake Sherwood, 10.1 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Camarillo, 10.3 mi southwest: 19.0% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $766,100
- Westlake Village, 10.7 mi south: 77.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $1,212,800
- Agoura Hills, 11.3 mi southeast: 85.9% High or Very High, 27 fires, median home $1,072,200