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Is Piru in a fire hazard severity zone?
63.1% of Piru is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 50.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Piru ranks 569 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.24 sq mi Very High, 0.36 sq mi High, 0.42 sq mi Moderate, out of 3.19 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 50.0% is 11.3 points above the 38.7% of Ventura County. The median home value of $586,400 is 24% below the county median of $768,400. Among 24 places in the county it ranks 15 for exposure; Bell Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is VERDALE in 2003. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 2. Seismic maps cover Piru with fault zone 8.7%, liquefaction 84.4%, landslide 8.0%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Ventura County overall, 36.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Piru
The state record shows 7 since 1950. The largest was PIRU in 2003 (63,726 acres in total).
- VERDALE (2003), 8,474 acres
- PIRU (2003), 63,726 acres
- PIRU INCIDENT (1998), 12,613 acres
- PIRU (1988), 13,311 acres
- MAYO (1970), 7,144 acres
- WARRING CANYON (1967), 4,269 acres
- WARRING CANYON (1952), 2,383 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Piru touches the Piru map.
Nearby places compared
- Fillmore, 6.7 mi west: 56.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $567,500
- Val Verde, 8.2 mi east: 96.9% High or Very High, 23 fires, median home $526,000
- Hasley Canyon, 9.0 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $1,134,900
- Moorpark, 9.7 mi southwest: 87.7% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $852,800
- Simi Valley, 10.2 mi south: 70.9% High or Very High, 59 fires, median home $753,500
- Castaic, 10.8 mi northeast: 94.4% High or Very High, 25 fires, median home $710,400
- Stevenson Ranch, 11.7 mi east: 88.5% High or Very High, 17 fires, median home $1,033,300
- Santa Rosa Valley, 12.7 mi southwest: 99.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,663,800
- Santa Susana, 12.9 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $697,200
- Bell Canyon, 15.1 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Oak Park, 15.2 mi south: 80.7% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $1,017,100
- Thousand Oaks, 15.3 mi south: 76.4% High or Very High, 71 fires, median home $951,200