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Is Pike in a fire hazard severity zone?
75.7% of Pike is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 75.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Pike ranks 365 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.28 sq mi Very High, out of 4.33 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 75.7% is 50.7 points above the 25.0% of Sierra County. The median home value of $1,036,800 is 210% above the county median of $334,100. Among 11 places in the county it ranks 5 for exposure; Sierra Brooks ranks first at 96.2%. The latest recorded fire is (unnamed) in 1959. By decade: 1950s: 2. The state has not evaluated Pike 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 Sierra County overall, 19.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Pike
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1959 (18,522 acres in total).
- (unnamed) (1959), 18,522 acres
- (unnamed) (1955), 28 acres
Nearby places compared
- Camptonville, 2.6 mi northwest: 76.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $403,300
- North San Juan, 6.7 mi southwest: 71.5% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $269,800
- Alleghany, 9.1 mi east: 91.7% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Goodyears Bar, 10.1 mi northeast: 30.2% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Clipper Mills, 11.3 mi northwest: 99.7% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Nevada City, 11.7 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $607,300
- Dobbins, 11.9 mi west: 98.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $411,100
- Washington, 12.1 mi southeast: 41.5% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Downieville, 13.9 mi northeast: 22.1% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Graniteville, 14.4 mi east: 29.2% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Challenge-Brownsville, 14.5 mi west: 84.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $338,900
- Rough and Ready, 15.2 mi southwest: 93.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $659,900