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Is Perris in a fire hazard severity zone?
29.1% of Perris is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 26.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Perris ranks 748 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.74 sq mi Very High, 0.75 sq mi High, 0.71 sq mi Moderate, out of 31.64 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 26.8% is 10.4 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $431,900 is 15% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 45 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is FREEWAY in 2012. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 3, 1990s: 3, 2010s: 2. The state has not evaluated Perris 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 Perris
The state record shows 12 since 1950. The largest was MICHEAL in 1981 (1,154 acres in total).
- FREEWAY (2012), 98 acres
- GARZA (2011), 167 acres
- DUMP (1994), 59 acres
- BERNASCONI (1994), 827 acres
- WATER (1992), 102 acres
- GOETZ SERIES (1983), 332 acres
- MICHEAL (1981), 1,154 acres
- (unnamed) (1980), 602 acres
- (unnamed) (1979), 297 acres
- SOPHIE (1979), 1,111 acres
- YUCCA #2 (1979), 421 acres
- YEAGER (1958), 1,145 acres
Nearby places compared
- Good Hope, 3.5 mi west: 73.8% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $319,600
- Nuevo, 4.2 mi east: 27.7% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $507,200
- Romoland, 4.2 mi southeast: 66.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $403,600
- Mead Valley, 4.5 mi northwest: 51.5% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $417,700
- Meadowbrook, 6.0 mi southwest: 87.1% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $323,800
- Lakeview, 6.2 mi northeast: 1.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $492,100
- Menifee, 6.7 mi south: 40.1% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $487,200
- March ARB, 7.1 mi north: 48.2% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Homeland, 7.2 mi southeast: 84.1% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $189,600
- Canyon Lake, 7.3 mi south: 37.5% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $647,300
- Lake Mathews, 8.4 mi west: 86.8% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $678,300
- Warm Springs, 8.5 mi southwest: 57.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $321,400