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Is Pala in a fire hazard severity zone?
9.4% of Pala is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 9.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Pala ranks 902 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.50 sq mi Very High, 0.02 sq mi High, out of 5.59 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 9.3% is 34.5 points below the 43.8% of San Diego County. The median home value of $265,000 is 67% below the county median of $791,600. Among 57 places in the county it ranks 46 for exposure; Boulevard ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is HENDERSON in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Pala 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 San Diego County overall, 37.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Pala
The state record shows 14 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1953 (9,226 acres in total).
- HENDERSON (2025), 255 acres
- PALA (2011), 192 acres
- PALA 5 (2010), 101 acres
- LILAC (2006), 15 acres
- WARNER (2004), 570 acres
- PALA (1997), 458 acres
- PALA #3 (1981), 104 acres
- PALA (1980), 106 acres
- (unnamed) (1970), 162 acres
- MARION (1970), 23 acres
- SAND PLANT (1970), 25 acres
- MAGEE (1968), 2,333 acres
Nearby places compared
- Rainbow, 5.1 mi northwest: 98.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $699,500
- Fallbrook, 9.2 mi west: 63.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $713,000
- Temecula, 9.4 mi north: 37.3% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $640,400
- Valley Center, 9.6 mi south: 94.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $809,300
- Bonsall, 9.8 mi southwest: 99.8% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $938,100
- Hidden Meadows, 10.1 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $830,000
- Aguanga, 13.6 mi northeast: 86.3% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Camp Pendleton Mainside, 14.6 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 4 fires
- Escondido, 15.9 mi south: 52.6% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $663,500
- Vista, 16.0 mi southwest: 19.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $674,400
- French Valley, 16.1 mi north: 46.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $637,800
- Murrieta, 16.3 mi northwest: 49.0% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $606,900