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Is Rough and Ready in a fire hazard severity zone?
93.4% of Rough and Ready is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 93.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Rough and Ready ranks 213 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 2.97 sq mi Very High, out of 3.18 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 93.4% is 28.5 points above the 64.9% of Nevada County. The median home value of $659,900 is 9% above the county median of $602,800. Among 14 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Kingvale ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is LOBO in 2017. By decade: 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Rough and Ready 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 Nevada County overall, 52.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Rough and Ready
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was 49'ER in 1988 (36,343 acres in total).
- LOBO (2017), 821 acres
- TRAUNER (1994), 536 acres
- 49'ER (1988), 36,343 acres
Nearby places compared
- Lake Wildwood, 3.5 mi west: 70.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $495,100
- Grass Valley, 4.0 mi east: 91.2% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $458,400
- Penn Valley, 4.0 mi southwest: 84.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $530,100
- Nevada City, 6.4 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $607,300
- Smartsville, 8.6 mi west: 99.7% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $425,500
- Alta Sierra, 8.9 mi southeast: 97.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $560,600
- North San Juan, 9.7 mi north: 71.5% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $269,800
- Dobbins, 10.1 mi northwest: 98.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $411,100
- Colfax, 13.8 mi southeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $397,100
- Lake of the Pines, 14.3 mi south: 98.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $639,400
- Beale AFB, 14.6 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 13 fires
- Pike, 15.2 mi northeast: 75.7% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,036,800