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Is San Jose in a fire hazard severity zone?
24.7% of San Jose is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 19.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
San Jose ranks 806 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 11.13 sq mi Very High, 24.80 sq mi High, 8.62 sq mi Moderate, out of 180.76 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 19.9% is 49.4 points below the 69.3% of Santa Clara County. The median home value of $1,187,800 is 14% below the county median of $1,382,800. Among 24 places in the county it ranks 9 for exposure; Lexington Hills ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is PIERCY in 2021. By decade: 1970s: 1, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover San Jose with fault zone 1.8%, liquefaction 48.8%, landslide 13.1%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Santa Clara County overall, 50.9% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across San Jose
The state record shows 11 since 1950. The largest was LOMA in 2016 (4,474 acres in total).
- PIERCY (2021), 39 acres
- LARIAT (2017), 102 acres
- LOMA (2016), 4,474 acres
- SILVER (2004), 479 acres
- UTC (2000), 255 acres
- MALECH (1999), 1,200 acres
- CURIE (1998), 321 acres
- SHEA (1997), 50 acres
- PG & E #2 (1989), 584 acres
- P.G.&E. #2 (1989), 304 acres
- FORD RD. (1979), 422 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
San Jose touches the Calaveras Reservoir, Lick Observatory, Morgan Hill, Mount Sizer, San Jose East maps.
Nearby places compared
- Alum Rock, 5.1 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $880,000
- East Foothills, 5.9 mi north: 32.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,214,000
- Burbank, 7.3 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,113,400
- Fruitdale, 7.5 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,544,400
- Cambrian Park, 7.7 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Campbell, 8.3 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,550,000
- Los Gatos, 9.2 mi southwest: 46.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Santa Clara, 10.2 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,527,900
- Milpitas, 10.4 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,180,000
- Monte Sereno, 11.1 mi west: 12.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Saratoga, 12.7 mi west: 26.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Sunnyvale, 13.5 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,816,600