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Is Morro Bay in a fire hazard severity zone?
55.1% of Morro Bay is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 26.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Morro Bay ranks 749 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.22 sq mi Very High, 0.40 sq mi High, 1.72 sq mi Moderate, out of 6.07 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 26.8% is 40.2 points below the 67.0% of San Luis Obispo County. The median home value of $864,900 is 11% above the county median of $777,200. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 23 for exposure; Creston ranks first at 100.0%. The state has not evaluated Morro Bay 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 San Luis Obispo County overall, 28.2% of the land is Very High.
No fire perimeter since 1950 touches Morro Bay in the state record. Small fires are often missing from it.
Nearby places compared
- Los Osos, 4.4 mi south: 58.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $728,000
- Cayucos, 4.5 mi north: 19.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $947,000
- California Polytechnic State University, 11.8 mi southeast: 52.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $518,800
- Atascadero, 12.3 mi northeast: 51.0% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $673,400
- San Luis Obispo, 13.2 mi southeast: 40.3% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $896,500
- Garden Farms, 13.7 mi east: 87.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Santa Margarita, 13.8 mi east: 53.5% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $643,100
- Avila Beach, 14.4 mi southeast: 89.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,247,300
- Templeton, 14.6 mi northeast: 33.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $782,700
- Los Ranchos, 17.3 mi southeast: 61.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,231,000
- Cambria, 17.5 mi northwest: 55.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $868,400
- Edna, 18.0 mi southeast: 30.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,179,500