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Is Rancho Palos Verdes in a fire hazard severity zone?
46.5% of Rancho Palos Verdes is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 40.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Rancho Palos Verdes ranks 639 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.73 sq mi Very High, 0.74 sq mi High, 0.75 sq mi Moderate, out of 13.37 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 40.9% is 8.5 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $1,541,400 is 97% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 37 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is PV in 2009. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1960s: 5, 1970s: 7, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 4, 2000s: 2. Seismic maps cover Rancho Palos Verdes with liquefaction 0.5%, landslide 24.2%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Los Angeles County overall, 29.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Rancho Palos Verdes
The state record shows 22 since 1950. The largest was CRENSHAW in 1973 (929 acres in total).
- PV (2009), 234 acres
- SAN CLEMENTE (2005), 179 acres
- SAN RAMON (1995), 5 acres
- CREST (1993), 31 acres
- PALOS VERDES (1992), 12 acres
- OCEAN (1992), 173 acres
- (unnamed) (1984), 9 acres
- (unnamed) (1981), 19 acres
- (unnamed) (1979), 4 acres
- PLUM TREE (1979), 126 acres
- (unnamed) (1978), 15 acres
- (unnamed) (1975), 12 acres
Nearby places compared
- Rolling Hills Estates, 1.5 mi northwest: 6.8% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,602,300
- Rolling Hills, 1.9 mi west: 91.4% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Lomita, 2.3 mi north: 0.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $792,100
- West Carson, 4.6 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $647,100
- Palos Verdes Estates, 5.3 mi west: 44.5% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Torrance, 5.4 mi north: 0.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,036,600
- Carson, 6.7 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $645,600
- Redondo Beach, 7.7 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,225,400
- Hermosa Beach, 8.6 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Signal Hill, 9.0 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $725,500
- Alondra Park, 9.1 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $791,800
- Gardena, 9.2 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $667,600