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Is Palm Springs in a fire hazard severity zone?
29.8% of Palm Springs is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 4.6% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Palm Springs ranks 966 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.99 sq mi Very High, 2.35 sq mi High, 23.91 sq mi Moderate, out of 94.68 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 4.6% is 11.8 points below the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $567,300 is 11% above the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 50 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is TUSCANY in 2024. By decade: 1970s: 7, 1980s: 6, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 7, 2010s: 6, 2020s: 6. The state has not evaluated Palm Springs 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Palm Springs
The state record shows 35 since 1950. The largest was DRY FALLS in 1980 (41,756 acres in total).
- TUSCANY (2024), 126 acres
- TRAM (2024), 14 acres
- TRAM (2023), 90 acres
- SMOKETREE (2020), 130 acres
- TRAMWAY (2020), 11 acres
- SNOW (2020), 6,253 acres
- TRAM (2019), 23 acres
- AGUA CALIENTE (2018), 109 acres
- TRAM (2013), 59 acres
- WINDY (2012), 137 acres
- WINDY POINT (2011), 541 acres
- ANGEL (2010), 82 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Palm Springs touches the Desert Hot Springs, White Water maps.
Nearby places compared
- Cathedral City, 5.6 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $420,700
- Rancho Mirage, 6.6 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $747,800
- Palm Desert, 10.2 mi east: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $491,600
- Idyllwild-Pine Cove, 10.7 mi west: 59.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $485,300
- Garnet, 10.7 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $237,800
- Thousand Palms, 11.1 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $260,500
- Mountain Center, 11.2 mi west: 44.6% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Desert Hot Springs, 11.4 mi north: 0.2% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $309,300
- Desert Edge, 11.8 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $56,900
- Indian Wells, 12.6 mi east: 34.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,002,200
- Sky Valley, 14.1 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $136,500
- Whitewater, 14.2 mi northwest: 35.6% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $273,600