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Is Mountain Mesa in a fire hazard severity zone?
54.8% of Mountain Mesa is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 41.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Mountain Mesa ranks 632 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.12 sq mi Very High, 0.24 sq mi High, 0.11 sq mi Moderate, out of 0.86 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 41.9% is 11.9 points above the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $219,800 is 29% below the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 26 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is MESA in 2020. By decade: 1990s: 1, 2010s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Mountain Mesa 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 Kern County overall, 12.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Mountain Mesa
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was ERSKINE in 2016 (48,008 acres in total).
- MESA (2020), 101 acres
- ERSKINE (2016), 48,008 acres
- LAKELAND (1994), 2,437 acres
Nearby places compared
- Squirrel Mountain Valley, 1.7 mi south: 99.9% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $345,500
- Lake Isabella, 4.6 mi west: 25.7% High or Very High, 51 fires, median home $112,200
- Weldon, 4.9 mi east: 54.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $153,300
- Wofford Heights, 6.5 mi northwest: 66.8% High or Very High, 20 fires, median home $196,600
- Kernville, 6.6 mi north: 36.1% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $357,100
- Bodfish, 6.6 mi southwest: 56.0% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $104,700
- Alta Sierra, 10.2 mi northwest: 69.4% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Onyx, 12.9 mi east: 57.5% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $174,300
- Panorama Heights, 17.0 mi northwest: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $262,500
- Poso Park, 17.6 mi northwest: 96.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Sugarloaf Saw Mill, 18.0 mi northwest: 67.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Sugarloaf Village, 18.2 mi northwest: 83.5% High or Very High, 0 fires