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Is Rivergrove in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.9% of Rivergrove is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 7.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Rivergrove ranks 931 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.05 sq mi High, 0.60 sq mi Moderate, out of 0.65 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 7.1% is 22.9 points below the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $568,200 is 83% above the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 38 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is UPLAND in 2022. By decade: 2010s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Rivergrove 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 Rivergrove
The state record shows 2 since 1950. The largest was UPLAND in 2022 (1 acres in total).
- UPLAND (2022), 1 acres
- (unnamed) (2016), 1 acres
Nearby places compared
- Goodmanville, 0.6 mi southeast: 30.6% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Choctaw Valley, 3.2 mi east: 8.2% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $653,200
- Bakersfield Country Club, 3.6 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $366,500
- La Cresta, 4.0 mi southwest: 4.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $236,800
- Hillcrest, 4.4 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $250,300
- East Bakersfield, 4.4 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $202,400
- Oildale, 4.7 mi west: 26.1% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $225,000
- East Niles, 5.1 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $228,100
- Potomac Park, 5.5 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $201,200
- Fairfax, 6.6 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $277,800
- Cottonwood, 7.0 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $256,400
- Casa Loma, 7.4 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $224,100