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Is Rowland Heights in a fire hazard severity zone?
64.1% of Rowland Heights is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 59.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Rowland Heights ranks 483 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.27 sq mi Very High, 0.58 sq mi High, 0.55 sq mi Moderate, out of 13.11 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 59.9% is 27.5 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $812,900 is 4% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 27 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is CANYON in 2020. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 5, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2010s: 4, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Rowland Heights with fault zone 3.2%, liquefaction 24.3%, landslide 24.4%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Los Angeles County overall, 29.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Rowland Heights
The state record shows 16 since 1950. The largest was FULLERTON in 1970 (3,381 acres in total).
- CANYON (2020), 7 acres
- VANTAGE (2018), 0 acres
- LAMBERT (2017), 28 acres
- CANYON (2017), 1 acres
- VANTAGE POINTE (2012), 0 acres
- DANCY (1994), 22 acres
- BUTTONWOOD (1993), 6 acres
- (unnamed) (1989), 4 acres
- SUN MOUNTAIN RANCH (1981), 197 acres
- (unnamed) (1979), 68 acres
- (unnamed) (1978), 11 acres
- PUENTE HILLS (1976), 311 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Rowland Heights touches the La Habra map.
Nearby places compared
- South San Jose Hills, 3.1 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $540,400
- La Habra Heights, 3.3 mi west: 54.4% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $1,114,100
- Brea, 3.4 mi south: 51.7% High or Very High, 17 fires, median home $874,300
- La Habra, 4.5 mi southwest: 7.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $716,700
- Diamond Bar, 4.5 mi northeast: 56.1% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $867,000
- Walnut, 4.6 mi northeast: 35.7% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $972,500
- Valinda, 5.0 mi northwest: 2.3% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $613,200
- West Covina, 5.0 mi north: 8.9% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $712,300
- Hacienda Heights, 5.1 mi west: 45.9% High or Very High, 27 fires, median home $778,700
- La Puente, 5.2 mi northwest: 7.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $593,200
- Fullerton, 6.1 mi south: 13.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $859,600
- Industry, 6.1 mi northwest: 14.0% High or Very High, 10 fires