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Is Newport Beach in a fire hazard severity zone?
35.7% of Newport Beach is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 33.6% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Newport Beach ranks 701 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.26 sq mi Very High, 1.40 sq mi High, 0.54 sq mi Moderate, out of 25.78 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 33.6% is 3.8 points below the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $2,000,001 is 118% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 19 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is (unnamed) in 2017. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover Newport Beach with liquefaction 13.5%, landslide 16.4%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Newport Beach
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was LAGUNA in 1993 (14,338 acres in total).
- (unnamed) (2017), 5 acres
- LAGUNA (1993), 14,338 acres
- JACK (1955), 1,607 acres
Nearby places compared
- Costa Mesa, 3.8 mi northwest: 2.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,054,700
- Laguna Beach, 7.6 mi southeast: 92.2% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Fountain Valley, 7.7 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,018,600
- Irvine, 7.9 mi northeast: 35.0% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $1,115,400
- Santa Ana, 8.3 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $657,800
- Laguna Woods, 8.4 mi east: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900
- Huntington Beach, 8.5 mi northwest: 0.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,047,300
- Tustin, 8.9 mi northeast: 6.9% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $890,600
- Aliso Viejo, 9.4 mi east: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- Midway City, 10.6 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $723,700
- Laguna Hills, 11.0 mi east: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- North Tustin, 11.0 mi northeast: 14.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,212,400