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Is San Clemente in a fire hazard severity zone?
64.9% of San Clemente is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 57.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
San Clemente ranks 508 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.60 sq mi Very High, 2.99 sq mi High, 1.29 sq mi Moderate, out of 18.31 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 57.8% is 20.4 points above the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $1,220,500 is 33% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 11 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BELLA COLLINA GOLF COURSE SCL in 2019. By decade: 1970s: 3, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 6. Seismic maps cover San Clemente with liquefaction 5.8%, landslide 49.8%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across San Clemente
The state record shows 11 since 1950. The largest was GRUNDY in 1975 (2,616 acres in total).
- BELLA COLLINA GOLF COURSE SCL (2019), 4 acres
- LA RAMBLA (2018), 0 acres
- AMENO (2018), 1 acres
- (unnamed) (2017), 0 acres
- TRAFALGAR CANYON (2017), 0 acres
- CRISTIANITOS (2017), 702 acres
- TRAFALGAR (2001), 1 acres
- PICO (1991), 222 acres
- PENDLETON (1976), 2,111 acres
- GRUNDY (1975), 2,616 acres
- CLEMENTE (1973), 166 acres
Nearby places compared
- San Juan Capistrano, 5.0 mi northwest: 57.4% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $929,700
- Dana Point, 5.4 mi northwest: 6.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,200,900
- Rancho Mission Viejo, 6.1 mi northeast: 97.2% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $1,039,300
- Ladera Ranch, 7.9 mi north: 64.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,046,600
- Laguna Niguel, 8.3 mi northwest: 51.3% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,123,000
- Las Flores, 10.0 mi north: 96.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,068,900
- Coto de Caza, 11.3 mi north: 92.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,419,400
- Aliso Viejo, 11.4 mi northwest: 33.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $863,800
- Laguna Hills, 11.5 mi northwest: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Mission Viejo, 11.6 mi north: 19.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $946,300
- Laguna Beach, 12.1 mi northwest: 92.2% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Rancho Santa Margarita, 13.0 mi north: 87.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $907,900