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Is Plymouth in a fire hazard severity zone?
98.8% of Plymouth is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 96.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Plymouth ranks 179 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.16 sq mi Very High, 2.40 sq mi High, 0.07 sq mi Moderate, out of 2.67 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 96.1% is 24.1 points above the 72.0% of Amador County. The median home value of $358,200 is 15% below the county median of $422,800. Among 19 places in the county it ranks 11 for exposure; Amador City ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is HIGHWAY-16 in 2001. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 2000s: 1. The state has not evaluated Plymouth 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 Amador County overall, 44.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Plymouth
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was RANCHERIA in 1961 (34,104 acres in total).
- HIGHWAY-16 (2001), 547 acres
- RANCHERIA (1961), 34,104 acres
- PACIFIC MINE (1951), 902 acres
Nearby places compared
- Drytown, 2.8 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Amador City, 4.5 mi south: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $356,300
- Fiddletown, 5.0 mi east: 95.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- River Pines, 7.3 mi northeast: 99.9% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Sutter Creek, 7.4 mi south: 96.5% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $499,600
- Martell, 8.3 mi south: 84.7% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Ione, 9.7 mi southwest: 68.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $448,300
- Jackson, 10.0 mi southeast: 89.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $432,600
- Rancho Murieta, 11.8 mi west: 57.6% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $660,000
- Pine Grove, 11.9 mi southeast: 97.5% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $375,100
- Volcano, 12.6 mi east: 99.7% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Buena Vista, 13.2 mi south: 95.2% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $225,000