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Is Rancho Santa Margarita in a fire hazard severity zone?
93.1% of Rancho Santa Margarita is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 87.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Rancho Santa Margarita ranks 276 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 8.77 sq mi Very High, 2.51 sq mi High, 0.79 sq mi Moderate, out of 12.97 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 87.0% is 49.6 points above the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $907,900 is 1% below the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 7 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is AIRPORT in 2024. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Rancho Santa Margarita with liquefaction 9.0%, landslide 8.6%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Rancho Santa Margarita
The state record shows 12 since 1950. The largest was STEWARD in 1958 (68,106 acres in total).
- AIRPORT (2024), 23,526 acres
- ANTONIO (2017), 2 acres
- (unnamed) (2017), 0 acres
- FREEWAY INCIDENT (2007), 2 acres
- ANTONIO (2002), 1,480 acres
- COTO (1997), 198 acres
- INDIAN (1980), 28,940 acres
- WAGON WHEEL (1976), 491 acres
- HARVESTER (1976), 526 acres
- NELSON (1970), 3,586 acres
- (unnamed) (1963), 168 acres
- STEWARD (1958), 68,106 acres
Nearby places compared
- Coto de Caza, 2.2 mi southeast: 92.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,419,400
- Las Flores, 3.0 mi south: 96.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,068,900
- Mission Viejo, 3.4 mi southwest: 19.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $946,300
- Trabuco Canyon, 3.7 mi north: 97.7% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,243,100
- Lake Forest, 4.4 mi northwest: 36.8% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $876,300
- Laguna Hills, 5.2 mi southwest: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Ladera Ranch, 5.6 mi south: 64.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,046,600
- Modjeska, 5.7 mi north: 76.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $997,100
- Williams Canyon, 7.2 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Laguna Woods, 7.3 mi west: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900
- Aliso Viejo, 7.5 mi southwest: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- Rancho Mission Viejo, 7.7 mi south: 97.2% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $1,039,300