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Is Santa Margarita in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Santa Margarita is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 53.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Santa Margarita ranks 542 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.29 sq mi High, 0.25 sq mi Moderate, out of 0.54 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 53.5% is 13.5 points below the 67.0% of San Luis Obispo County. The median home value of $643,100 is 17% below the county median of $777,200. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 16 for exposure; Creston ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is HWY 41 in 1994. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1. The state has not evaluated Santa Margarita 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 Luis Obispo County overall, 28.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Santa Margarita
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was LAS PILITAS in 1985 (84,271 acres in total).
- HWY 41 (1994), 50,729 acres
- LAS PILITAS (1985), 84,271 acres
- BUCKMAN (1951), 5,240 acres
Nearby places compared
- Garden Farms, 1.9 mi north: 87.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- California Polytechnic State University, 6.5 mi southwest: 52.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $518,800
- Atascadero, 7.9 mi northwest: 51.0% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $673,400
- San Luis Obispo, 8.4 mi south: 40.3% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $896,500
- Creston, 10.2 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Edna, 12.4 mi south: 30.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,179,500
- Los Ranchos, 12.5 mi south: 61.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,231,000
- Templeton, 13.2 mi northwest: 33.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $782,700
- Los Osos, 13.5 mi west: 58.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $728,000
- Morro Bay, 13.8 mi west: 26.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $864,900
- Avila Beach, 14.4 mi southwest: 89.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,247,300
- Cayucos, 15.7 mi west: 19.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $947,000