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Is San Bernardino in a fire hazard severity zone?
40.8% of San Bernardino is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 37.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
San Bernardino ranks 661 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 17.40 sq mi Very High, 5.92 sq mi High, 2.15 sq mi Moderate, out of 62.42 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 37.4% is 33.5 points above the 3.9% of San Bernardino County. The median home value of $384,900 is 19% below the county median of $475,000. Among 52 places in the county it ranks 18 for exposure; Big Bear Lake ranks first at 82.9%. The latest recorded fire is LINE in 2024. By decade: 1950s: 9, 1960s: 5, 1970s: 11, 1980s: 7, 1990s: 12, 2000s: 9, 2010s: 12, 2020s: 6. The state has not evaluated San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino County overall, 2.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across San Bernardino
The state record shows 71 since 1950. The largest was OLD in 2003 (91,428 acres in total).
- LINE (2024), 43,976 acres
- COLDWATER (2021), 25 acres
- CLOUD (2021), 17 acres
- PEAK (2021), 26 acres
- ADOBE (2020), 15 acres
- EASTON (2020), 57 acres
- HILLSIDE (2019), 173 acres
- STERLING (2018), 69 acres
- NORTH PARK (2018), 35 acres
- SEINE (2017), 16 acres
- MART (2017), 669 acres
- HIDDEN (2017), 46 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
San Bernardino touches the Devore, Harrison Mountain, San Bernardino North, San Bernardino South maps.
Nearby places compared
- Muscoy, 3.4 mi west: 29.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $379,200
- Rialto, 5.6 mi southwest: 14.5% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $454,400
- Colton, 5.9 mi south: 22.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $411,100
- Highland, 6.6 mi east: 52.4% High or Very High, 21 fires, median home $455,200
- Loma Linda, 7.2 mi south: 51.0% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $557,800
- Grand Terrace, 7.5 mi south: 35.3% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $465,800
- Crestline, 7.5 mi north: 60.3% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $363,500
- Bloomington, 8.4 mi southwest: 13.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $443,300
- Redlands, 8.8 mi southeast: 49.4% High or Very High, 41 fires, median home $583,000
- Highgrove, 9.1 mi south: 57.5% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $594,400
- Fontana, 9.9 mi west: 19.2% High or Very High, 34 fires, median home $558,500
- Lake Arrowhead, 9.9 mi northeast: 69.4% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $545,100