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Is Orcutt in a fire hazard severity zone?
40.0% of Orcutt is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 7.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Orcutt ranks 918 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.84 sq mi High, 3.49 sq mi Moderate, out of 10.83 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 7.7% is 33.8 points below the 41.5% of Santa Barbara County. The median home value of $587,000 is 20% below the county median of $735,700. Among 28 places in the county it ranks 18 for exposure; Mission Canyon ranks first at 87.3%. The latest recorded fire is PAYNE in 1969. By decade: 1960s: 1. The state has not evaluated Orcutt 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 Santa Barbara County overall, 29.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Orcutt
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was PAYNE in 1969 (627 acres in total).
- PAYNE (1969), 627 acres
Nearby places compared
- Santa Maria, 4.2 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $478,200
- Casmalia, 6.1 mi southwest: 51.6% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Garey, 6.9 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Sisquoc, 7.9 mi east: 7.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $550,900
- Guadalupe, 10.1 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $452,100
- Vandenberg AFB, 10.2 mi southwest: 2.4% High or Very High, 26 fires
- Vandenberg Village, 11.2 mi south: 87.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $577,500
- Nipomo, 11.8 mi north: 15.6% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $674,100
- Woodlands, 12.6 mi northwest: 82.4% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $1,070,000
- Mission Hills, 12.8 mi south: 85.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $477,800
- Los Alamos, 13.1 mi southeast: 81.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $672,100
- Blacklake, 13.4 mi northwest: 65.5% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $821,600