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Is Murrieta in a fire hazard severity zone?
54.5% of Murrieta is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 49.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Murrieta ranks 576 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 15.26 sq mi Very High, 2.12 sq mi High, 1.94 sq mi Moderate, out of 35.43 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 49.0% is 32.7 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $606,900 is 19% above the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 28 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is TENAJA in 2019. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1960s: 1, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover Murrieta with fault zone 4.0%, liquefaction 15.3%, landslide 0.4%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Murrieta
The state record shows 9 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1969 (19,512 acres in total).
- TENAJA (2019), 1,940 acres
- DAILY (2007), 224 acres
- LEE (1998), 485 acres
- TENAJA (1996), 138 acres
- STATE 1587 (1987), 3,276 acres
- (unnamed) (1981), 9,182 acres
- (unnamed) (1969), 19,512 acres
- YODER (1959), 154 acres
- SANDIA (1956), 2,053 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Murrieta touches the Murrieta map.
Nearby places compared
- Wildomar, 4.7 mi northwest: 70.3% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $511,900
- French Valley, 5.1 mi east: 46.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $637,800
- Temecula, 7.0 mi southeast: 37.3% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $640,400
- Menifee, 8.2 mi north: 40.1% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $487,200
- Canyon Lake, 9.1 mi northwest: 37.5% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $647,300
- Meadowbrook, 11.2 mi northwest: 87.1% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $323,800
- Lakeland Village, 11.5 mi northwest: 73.9% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $429,000
- Lake Elsinore, 12.0 mi northwest: 75.2% High or Very High, 43 fires, median home $505,700
- Winchester, 12.0 mi northeast: 58.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $429,500
- Warm Springs, 12.3 mi northwest: 57.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $321,400
- Green Acres, 12.3 mi northeast: 86.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $242,000
- Homeland, 12.3 mi north: 84.1% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $189,600