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Is Ojai in a fire hazard severity zone?
83.3% of Ojai is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 72.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Ojai ranks 389 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 2.63 sq mi Very High, 0.54 sq mi High, 0.47 sq mi Moderate, out of 4.37 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 72.7% is 34.0 points above the 38.7% of Ventura County. The median home value of $947,000 is 23% above the county median of $768,400. Among 24 places in the county it ranks 11 for exposure; Bell Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is VILLANOVA in 2023. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 2, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Ojai with liquefaction 14.7%, landslide 8.4%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Ventura County overall, 36.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Ojai
The state record shows 9 since 1950. The largest was THOMAS in 2017 (281,791 acres in total).
- VILLANOVA (2023), 13 acres
- NO NAME (2018), 0 acres
- THOMAS (2017), 281,791 acres
- LIBBEY (2017), 2 acres
- FOOTHILL (1990), 568 acres
- WHEELER #2 (1985), 122,687 acres
- FOOTHILL (1968), 6 acres
- CREEK ROAD (1963), 929 acres
- LYON CANYON (1959), 257 acres
Nearby places compared
- Meiners Oaks, 1.8 mi west: 86.7% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $669,000
- Mira Monte, 2.9 mi west: 96.2% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $827,300
- Oak View, 4.8 mi southwest: 99.8% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $709,300
- Santa Paula, 12.1 mi southeast: 47.5% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $559,300
- San Buenaventura (Ventura), 12.2 mi south: 27.3% High or Very High, 25 fires, median home $778,700
- Saticoy, 12.9 mi southeast: 19.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $353,800
- El Rio, 15.1 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $639,600
- Carpinteria, 16.2 mi west: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $965,200
- Toro Canyon, 18.1 mi west: 85.4% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Oxnard, 18.1 mi south: 5.6% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $617,800
- Fillmore, 18.7 mi east: 56.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $567,500
- Somis, 18.8 mi southeast: 69.3% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,158,700