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Is Oakhurst in a fire hazard severity zone?
66.3% of Oakhurst is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 64.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Oakhurst ranks 452 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 6.63 sq mi Very High, 14.89 sq mi High, 0.69 sq mi Moderate, out of 33.48 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 64.2% is 39.3 points above the 24.9% of Madera County. The median home value of $372,500 is 1% above the county median of $367,700. Among 17 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Nipinnawasee ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is RAILROAD in 2017. By decade: 1950s: 4, 1960s: 1, 2010s: 4. The state has not evaluated Oakhurst 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 Oakhurst
The state record shows 9 since 1950. The largest was HARLOW in 1961 (43,331 acres in total).
- RAILROAD (2017), 12,371 acres
- SKY (2015), 499 acres
- COURTNEY (2014), 291 acres
- JUNCTION (2014), 612 acres
- HARLOW (1961), 43,331 acres
- (unnamed) (1958), 836 acres
- BISSETT (1957), 647 acres
- OAKHURST (1951), 1,366 acres
- (unnamed) (1951), 634 acres
Nearby places compared
- Bass Lake, 3.1 mi southeast: 57.8% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Ahwahnee, 5.2 mi west: 99.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $448,000
- Nipinnawasee, 6.7 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $345,700
- Fish Camp, 8.2 mi north: 87.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Coarsegold, 9.1 mi southwest: 96.3% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $315,000
- North Fork, 10.8 mi southeast: 72.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $331,500
- Wawona, 12.9 mi north: 25.7% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $739,600
- Yosemite Lakes, 14.2 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $353,700
- Bootjack, 16.5 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $403,300
- Auberry, 20.1 mi southeast: 62.9% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $351,300
- Yosemite West, 20.5 mi north: 99.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Mariposa, 21.0 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $306,100