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Is Petaluma in a fire hazard severity zone?
8.1% of Petaluma is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 0.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Petaluma ranks 1023 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.07 sq mi High, 1.11 sq mi Moderate, out of 14.51 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 0.5% is 60.6 points below the 61.1% of Sonoma County. The median home value of $834,900 is 7% above the county median of $779,000. Among 38 places in the county it ranks 26 for exposure; Monte Rio ranks first at 100.0%. The state has not evaluated Petaluma 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 Sonoma County overall, 32.9% of the land is Very High.
No fire perimeter since 1950 touches Petaluma in the state record. Small fires are often missing from it.
Earthquake fault zone maps
Petaluma touches the Glen Ellen map.
Nearby places compared
- Penngrove, 4.8 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,193,100
- Temelec, 6.8 mi east: 45.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $658,600
- Sonoma State University, 7.1 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Cotati, 7.6 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $702,500
- Rohnert Park, 7.8 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $634,900
- El Verano, 8.0 mi northeast: 10.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $870,100
- Boyes Hot Springs, 8.7 mi northeast: 35.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $738,800
- Eldridge, 8.9 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $787,700
- Glen Ellen, 8.9 mi northeast: 87.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,402,800
- Petaluma Center, 8.9 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, 9.3 mi northeast: 89.8% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $839,300
- Sonoma, 9.4 mi east: 44.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $954,300