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Is San Diego in a fire hazard severity zone?
48.6% of San Diego is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 43.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
San Diego ranks 618 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 112.20 sq mi Very High, 36.43 sq mi High, 16.89 sq mi Moderate, out of 340.50 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 43.7% is 0.2 points below the 43.8% of San Diego County. The median home value of $848,500 is 7% above the county median of $791,600. Among 57 places in the county it ranks 36 for exposure; Boulevard ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is ACADEMY in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 5, 1960s: 4, 1970s: 7, 1980s: 35, 1990s: 11, 2000s: 6, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 3. The state has not evaluated San Diego 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 Diego County overall, 37.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across San Diego
The state record shows 74 since 1950. The largest was CEDAR in 2003 (270,686 acres in total).
- ACADEMY (2025), 50 acres
- FIVE (2022), 1 acres
- CLEVENGER (2021), 53 acres
- PASQUAL (2018), 328 acres
- BANDY 2 (2017), 10 acres
- BERNARDO (2014), 1,331 acres
- WITCH (2007), 162,070 acres
- 78 #4 (2007), 100 acres
- MINE/OTAY (2003), 44,734 acres
- CEDAR (2003), 270,686 acres
- SYCAMORE (2003), 375 acres
- BEELER (2000), 269 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
San Diego touches the La Jolla, Point Loma maps.
Nearby places compared
- La Mesa, 8.5 mi southeast: 4.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $738,800
- Lemon Grove, 9.4 mi southeast: 0.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $640,600
- Santee, 9.7 mi east: 69.3% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $653,400
- El Cajon, 11.2 mi east: 7.5% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $632,800
- Del Mar, 11.4 mi northwest: 53.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, 11.6 mi east: 1.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $906,500
- Coronado, 11.7 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,998,900
- Fairbanks Ranch, 11.7 mi north: 99.8% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $2,000,001
- La Presa, 12.0 mi southeast: 49.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $595,400
- National City, 12.3 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $580,900
- Bostonia, 12.5 mi east: 25.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $435,900
- Eucalyptus Hills, 12.5 mi east: 98.7% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $821,900