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Is Riverside in a fire hazard severity zone?
33.3% of Riverside is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 26.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Riverside ranks 753 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 17.38 sq mi Very High, 4.24 sq mi High, 5.52 sq mi Moderate, out of 81.46 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 26.5% is 10.1 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $542,100 is 6% above the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 47 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is CLAY in 2024. By decade: 1950s: 3, 1960s: 3, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 11, 1990s: 1, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Riverside 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Riverside
The state record shows 25 since 1950. The largest was BOX SPRINGS in 1993 (2,806 acres in total).
- CLAY (2024), 38 acres
- 46 (2019), 329 acres
- OPERA (2017), 1,000 acres
- JURUPA (2013), 362 acres
- BOX SPRINGS (1993), 2,806 acres
- PARK (1989), 1,049 acres
- RIVER (1989), 962 acres
- SUGARLOAF (1988), 248 acres
- RIVER (1985), 71 acres
- BLAINE (1982), 411 acres
- SPRUCE (ASSIST) (1981), 1,709 acres
- RAILROAD (1980), 1,587 acres
Nearby places compared
- Woodcrest, 4.6 mi south: 44.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $679,400
- Jurupa Valley, 4.9 mi northwest: 25.7% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $538,700
- El Sobrante, 6.3 mi southwest: 79.9% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $749,300
- Highgrove, 7.1 mi northeast: 57.5% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $594,400
- Bloomington, 7.8 mi north: 13.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $443,300
- Home Gardens, 7.9 mi southwest: 59.6% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $498,800
- Grand Terrace, 8.0 mi northeast: 35.3% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $465,800
- Norco, 8.5 mi west: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $731,900
- Lake Mathews, 8.5 mi south: 86.8% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $678,300
- March ARB, 8.9 mi southeast: 48.2% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Colton, 9.2 mi northeast: 22.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $411,100
- El Cerrito, 9.9 mi southwest: 64.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $598,000