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Is Penn Valley in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.9% of Penn Valley is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 84.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Penn Valley ranks 299 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.80 sq mi High, 0.32 sq mi Moderate, out of 2.12 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 84.8% is 19.9 points above the 64.9% of Nevada County. The median home value of $530,100 is 12% below the county median of $602,800. Among 14 places in the county it ranks 9 for exposure; Kingvale ranks first at 100.0%. The state has not evaluated Penn Valley 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 Nevada County overall, 52.1% of the land is Very High.
No fire perimeter since 1950 touches Penn Valley in the state record. Small fires are often missing from it.
Nearby places compared
- Lake Wildwood, 2.8 mi north: 70.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $495,100
- Rough and Ready, 4.0 mi northeast: 93.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $659,900
- Smartsville, 5.5 mi west: 99.7% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $425,500
- Grass Valley, 6.8 mi east: 91.2% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $458,400
- Alta Sierra, 8.9 mi southeast: 97.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $560,600
- Nevada City, 10.2 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $607,300
- Beale AFB, 10.6 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 13 fires
- Dobbins, 12.0 mi north: 98.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $411,100
- Lake of the Pines, 13.1 mi southeast: 98.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $639,400
- North San Juan, 13.1 mi north: 71.5% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $269,800
- Colfax, 14.5 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $397,100
- Loma Rica, 14.6 mi northwest: 99.6% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $491,600