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Is Paradise in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Paradise is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 100.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Paradise ranks 87 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 18.31 sq mi Very High, out of 18.32 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 100.0% is 49.1 points above the 50.9% of Butte County. The median home value of $391,100 is 4% below the county median of $408,700. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 4 for exposure; Bangor ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is CAMP in 2018. By decade: 1970s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Paradise 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 Paradise
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was CAMP in 2018 (153,336 acres in total).
- CAMP (2018), 153,336 acres
- HUMBOLDT (2008), 23,344 acres
- ASSIST#8 P.F.P.D.#4 (1975), 198 acres
Nearby places compared
- Butte Creek Canyon, 3.7 mi west: 97.4% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $700,700
- Magalia, 4.3 mi north: 93.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $254,400
- Concow, 4.7 mi east: 78.4% High or Very High, 9 fires
- Yankee Hill, 6.6 mi southeast: 99.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $592,400
- Butte Valley, 6.9 mi south: 97.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $492,400
- Cherokee, 8.3 mi southeast: 99.6% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Forest Ranch, 9.8 mi north: 94.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $491,300
- Stirling City, 11.0 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $256,800
- Chico, 12.1 mi west: 35.4% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $455,300
- Cohasset, 12.2 mi northwest: 97.8% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $532,300
- Durham, 13.9 mi southwest: 4.6% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $612,100
- Berry Creek, 14.3 mi southeast: 83.1% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $276,400