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Is Rancho Calaveras in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Rancho Calaveras is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 92.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Rancho Calaveras ranks 217 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.68 sq mi Very High, 5.65 sq mi High, 0.72 sq mi Moderate, out of 10.05 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 92.8% is 13.6 points above the 79.2% of Calaveras County. The median home value of $435,900 is 1% below the county median of $441,800. Among 23 places in the county it ranks 11 for exposure; Douglas Flat ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is QUAIL in 2017. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 2, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 2. The state has not evaluated Rancho Calaveras 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 Calaveras County overall, 53.6% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Rancho Calaveras
The state record shows 8 since 1950. The largest was MEYER in 1960 (3,801 acres in total).
- QUAIL (2017), 59 acres
- FARRIS (2013), 11 acres
- PATTISON (2004), 2,483 acres
- HAIBACH (1992), 443 acres
- HUCKLEBERRY (1985), 459 acres
- LOMBARDI (1966), 290 acres
- MEYER (1960), 3,801 acres
- BURSON (1951), 2,628 acres
Nearby places compared
- Valley Springs, 4.3 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $278,000
- Campo Seco, 6.0 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 3 fires
- Wallace, 7.2 mi northwest: 72.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $562,500
- Camanche North Shore, 9.4 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $356,500
- Paloma, 10.1 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $387,400
- San Andreas, 10.5 mi east: 90.8% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $384,300
- Camanche Village, 11.5 mi northwest: 59.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $433,200
- Buena Vista, 12.0 mi north: 95.2% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $225,000
- Mokelumne Hill, 14.1 mi northeast: 79.7% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $365,700
- Peters, 14.8 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $697,400
- Linden, 15.6 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $564,300
- Jackson, 15.7 mi north: 89.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $432,600