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Is Ridgecrest in a fire hazard severity zone?
20.1% of Ridgecrest is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 0.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Ridgecrest ranks 1010 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.20 sq mi High, 4.15 sq mi Moderate, out of 21.54 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 0.9% is 29.1 points below the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $235,800 is 24% below the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 41 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is LOCUST in 2025. By decade: 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Ridgecrest 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 Kern County overall, 12.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Ridgecrest
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was LOCUST in 2025 (11 acres in total).
- LOCUST (2025), 11 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Ridgecrest touches the Ridgecrest North, Ridgecrest South maps.
Nearby places compared
- Ridgecrest Heights, 2.5 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $104,400
- China Lake Acres, 5.6 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $168,100
- Inyokern, 8.6 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $311,700
- Johannesburg, 17.4 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Randsburg, 17.5 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $9,999
- Pearsonville, 17.8 mi northwest: 17.2% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Searles Valley, 18.3 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $68,500
- Trona, 22.5 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Homewood Canyon, 24.2 mi northeast: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $100,700
- Valley Wells, 25.9 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Onyx, 29.0 mi west: 57.5% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $174,300
- Kennedy Meadows, 35.6 mi northwest: 76.7% High or Very High, 1 fire