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Is Rancho San Diego in a fire hazard severity zone?
71.7% of Rancho San Diego is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 65.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Rancho San Diego ranks 447 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.81 sq mi Very High, 0.85 sq mi High, 0.59 sq mi Moderate, out of 8.70 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 65.0% is 21.2 points above the 43.8% of San Diego County. The median home value of $854,200 is 8% above the county median of $791,600. Among 57 places in the county it ranks 25 for exposure; Boulevard ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is FURY in 2022. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 1, 2000s: 2, 2020s: 3. The state has not evaluated Rancho San Diego 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 San Diego County overall, 37.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Rancho San Diego
The state record shows 8 since 1950. The largest was CEDAR in 2003 (270,686 acres in total).
- FURY (2022), 2 acres
- WILLOW 8 (2022), 1 acres
- WILLOWS (2020), 58 acres
- WILLOW 3 (2009), 55 acres
- CEDAR (2003), 270,686 acres
- (unnamed) (1983), 141 acres
- LAGUNA (1970), 174,162 acres
- SEQUAN #2 (1950), 5,332 acres
Nearby places compared
- Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, 2.1 mi west: 1.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $906,500
- Spring Valley, 3.2 mi southwest: 37.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $645,300
- El Cajon, 3.2 mi northwest: 7.5% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $632,800
- Granite Hills, 3.4 mi north: 56.8% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $892,700
- Bostonia, 4.1 mi north: 25.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $435,900
- Crest, 4.4 mi northeast: 96.3% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $715,100
- Jamul, 4.5 mi southeast: 78.6% High or Very High, 17 fires, median home $961,300
- La Mesa, 5.4 mi west: 4.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $738,800
- Winter Gardens, 5.4 mi north: 58.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $558,800
- La Presa, 5.7 mi southwest: 49.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $595,400
- Lemon Grove, 6.4 mi west: 0.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $640,600
- Lakeside, 6.5 mi north: 68.9% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $585,500