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Is Paradise in a fire hazard severity zone?
36.6% of Paradise is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 36.6% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Paradise ranks 669 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.58 sq mi High, out of 4.32 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 36.6% is 28.8 points above the 7.8% of Mono County. The median home value of $680,600 is 32% above the county median of $514,300. Among 18 places in the county it ranks 5 for exposure; Crowley Lake ranks first at 67.1%. The latest recorded fire is ROUND in 2015. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1980s: 2, 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 Mono County overall, 1.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Paradise
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was ROUND in 2015 (6,538 acres in total).
- ROUND (2015), 6,538 acres
- (unnamed) (1983), 266 acres
- SWALL (1981), 3,159 acres
- PARADISE #2 (1958), 351 acres
Nearby places compared
- Swall Meadows, 3.7 mi west: 32.5% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $808,900
- Round Valley, 5.4 mi south: 31.7% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $608,900
- Mesa, 5.4 mi southeast: 6.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $561,500
- Sunny Slopes, 7.1 mi northwest: 20.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $658,800
- Aspen Springs, 7.5 mi northwest: 29.2% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Crowley Lake, 9.8 mi northwest: 67.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $611,600
- West Bishop, 10.9 mi southeast: 45.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $572,600
- McGee Creek, 12.2 mi northwest: 4.0% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Dixon Lane-MeadowCreek, 12.2 mi southeast: 81.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $302,700
- Chalfant, 12.2 mi east: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $292,700
- Bishop, 13.7 mi southeast: 58.8% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $405,700
- Wilkerson, 18.7 mi southeast: 73.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $319,600