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Is Morgan Hill in a fire hazard severity zone?
37.6% of Morgan Hill is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 25.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Morgan Hill ranks 760 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.00 sq mi Very High, 2.34 sq mi High, 1.53 sq mi Moderate, out of 12.95 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 25.8% is 43.5 points below the 69.3% of Santa Clara County. The median home value of $1,127,600 is 18% below the county median of $1,382,800. Among 24 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Lexington Hills ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is DAHLBERG in 1989. By decade: 1980s: 2. Seismic maps cover Morgan Hill with liquefaction 5.1%, landslide 7.1%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Santa Clara County overall, 50.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Morgan Hill
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was DAHLBERG in 1989 (205 acres in total).
- DAHLBERG (1989), 205 acres
- DUNNE (1985), 48 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Morgan Hill touches the Mount Sizer map.
Nearby places compared
- San Martin, 4.2 mi southeast: 1.5% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $1,315,900
- Gilroy, 8.8 mi south: 21.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $975,800
- Corralitos, 12.0 mi southwest: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,603,800
- Interlaken, 13.2 mi southwest: 14.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $787,400
- Day Valley, 13.8 mi southwest: 69.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,187,200
- Amesti, 14.1 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $825,100
- San Jose, 14.3 mi northwest: 19.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $1,187,800
- Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 15.5 mi southwest: 95.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $980,800
- Freedom, 15.6 mi southwest: 42.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $664,200
- Watsonville, 15.8 mi southwest: 10.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $657,700
- Aptos, 16.2 mi southwest: 59.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,098,200
- Pajaro, 16.5 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $638,400