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Is Palermo in a fire hazard severity zone?
85.3% of Palermo is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 63.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Palermo ranks 461 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.57 sq mi Very High, 16.92 sq mi High, 6.39 sq mi Moderate, out of 29.17 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 63.4% is 12.5 points above the 50.9% of Butte County. The median home value of $287,000 is 30% below the county median of $408,700. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 19 for exposure; Bangor ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is GRUBS in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 5, 2020s: 6. The state has not evaluated Palermo 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 Butte County overall, 37.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Palermo
The state record shows 16 since 1950. The largest was VILLA in 1992 (6,605 acres in total).
- GRUBS (2025), 10 acres
- DUSTIN (2025), 1 acres
- DISTRICT (2025), 42 acres
- APACHE (2024), 695 acres
- GRUBBS (2024), 13 acres
- PINECREST (2022), 17 acres
- BANGOR (2016), 143 acres
- OLIVE (2015), 48 acres
- SUMMIT (2013), 268 acres
- LONE (2013), 225 acres
- POWER (2012), 93 acres
- OPHIR (2008), 958 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Palermo touches the Bangor map.
Nearby places compared
- South Oroville, 3.4 mi north: 43.6% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $248,400
- Oroville, 4.5 mi north: 9.7% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $280,600
- Oroville East, 6.0 mi northeast: 85.4% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $381,900
- Honcut, 6.5 mi south: 62.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $266,900
- Thermalito, 7.2 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $257,400
- Kelly Ridge, 7.7 mi northeast: 92.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $266,300
- Bangor, 8.1 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $363,600
- Biggs, 9.2 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $301,800
- Gridley, 9.7 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $297,700
- Loma Rica, 10.0 mi southeast: 99.6% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $491,600
- Rackerby, 10.1 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $387,500
- Richvale, 12.0 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $249,500