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Is North Fork in a fire hazard severity zone?
72.8% of North Fork is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 72.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
North Fork ranks 387 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.50 sq mi Very High, 16.01 sq mi High, out of 32.27 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 72.8% is 47.9 points above the 24.9% of Madera County. The median home value of $331,500 is 10% below the county median of $367,700. Among 17 places in the county it ranks 5 for exposure; Nipinnawasee ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is WHISKEY in 2023. By decade: 1970s: 2, 1980s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 4. The state has not evaluated North Fork 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 Madera County overall, 9.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across North Fork
The state record shows 12 since 1950. The largest was CREEK in 2020 (379,842 acres in total).
- WHISKEY (2023), 83 acres
- FORK (2022), 818 acres
- MANZANITA (2021), 22 acres
- CREEK (2020), 379,842 acres
- MISSION (2017), 988 acres
- WILLOW (2015), 5,701 acres
- DUMP (2005), 23 acres
- NORTH FORK (2001), 4,131 acres
- SHALER (1986), 14 acres
- MAMMOTH (1985), 764 acres
- MANZANITA (1977), 104 acres
- WYLIE (1970), 340 acres
Nearby places compared
- Bass Lake, 7.9 mi northwest: 57.8% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Auberry, 9.6 mi south: 62.9% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $351,300
- Coarsegold, 10.6 mi west: 96.3% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $315,000
- Oakhurst, 10.8 mi northwest: 64.2% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $372,500
- Shaver Lake, 13.9 mi southeast: 60.7% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $582,800
- Big Creek, 14.5 mi east: 9.1% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Ahwahnee, 14.6 mi northwest: 99.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $448,000
- Yosemite Lakes, 14.8 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $353,700
- Nipinnawasee, 16.9 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $345,700
- Fish Camp, 18.4 mi northwest: 87.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Millerton, 19.5 mi southwest: 11.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $582,500
- Friant, 20.1 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $260,200