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Is Pleasanton in a fire hazard severity zone?
36.8% of Pleasanton is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 23.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Pleasanton ranks 774 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.77 sq mi High, 3.16 sq mi Moderate, out of 24.29 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 23.7% is 28.8 points below the 52.5% of Alameda County. The median home value of $1,432,300 is 35% above the county median of $1,057,400. Among 20 places in the county it ranks 4 for exposure; Sunol ranks first at 54.1%. The latest recorded fire is CANYON in 2022. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Pleasanton with fault zone 5.0%, liquefaction 39.2%, landslide 15.3%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Alameda County overall, 24.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Pleasanton
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was PLEASNTON in 1968 (445 acres in total).
- CANYON (2022), 50 acres
- PLEASNTON (1968), 445 acres
- LUND (ASSIST) (1955), 253 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Pleasanton touches the Dublin, Livermore, Niles maps.
Nearby places compared
- Dublin, 4.3 mi north: 19.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,224,100
- Sunol, 5.4 mi south: 54.1% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,514,900
- Livermore, 6.9 mi east: 5.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,038,600
- San Ramon, 7.4 mi northwest: 11.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,359,100
- Norris Canyon, 8.8 mi northwest: 98.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Camino Tassajara, 9.1 mi north: 10.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Fairview, 9.5 mi west: 18.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $915,100
- Fremont, 9.7 mi south: 6.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $1,289,400
- Union City, 9.9 mi southwest: 48.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,058,200
- Blackhawk, 11.2 mi north: 48.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,948,900
- Castro Valley, 11.2 mi west: 47.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,058,200
- Danville, 11.8 mi northwest: 12.4% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,583,300