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Is Santa Susana in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Santa Susana is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 100.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Santa Susana ranks 70 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.26 sq mi Very High, out of 1.26 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 100.0% is 61.3 points above the 38.7% of Ventura County. The median home value of $697,200 is 9% below the county median of $768,400. Among 24 places in the county it ranks 3 for exposure; Bell Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is TOPANGA in 2005. By decade: 1950s: 3, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 3, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1. Seismic maps cover Santa Susana with liquefaction 5.5%, landslide 12.2%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Ventura County overall, 36.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Santa Susana
The state record shows 12 since 1950. The largest was CLAMPITT in 1970 (115,537 acres in total).
- TOPANGA (2005), 23,396 acres
- CHATSWORTH (1993), 1,931 acres
- BLACK (1989), 170 acres
- BOX CANYON (PIONEER) (1985), 1,247 acres
- OAT (1981), 17,787 acres
- BOX CANYON (1979), 963 acres
- CLAMPITT (1970), 115,537 acres
- DEVONSHIRE-PARKER (1967), 23,094 acres
- BLACK CANYON (1966), 1,828 acres
- SANTA SUSANA PASS (1957), 4,734 acres
- SUSANA KNOLLS (1952), 1,255 acres
- SUSANA KNOLLS (1951), 2,348 acres
Nearby places compared
- Bell Canyon, 3.7 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Simi Valley, 4.8 mi west: 70.9% High or Very High, 59 fires, median home $753,500
- Hidden Hills, 6.5 mi south: 84.9% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Oak Park, 7.6 mi southwest: 80.7% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $1,017,100
- Calabasas, 8.4 mi south: 96.3% High or Very High, 38 fires, median home $1,453,900
- Agoura Hills, 9.4 mi southwest: 85.9% High or Very High, 27 fires, median home $1,072,200
- Stevenson Ranch, 10.1 mi northeast: 88.5% High or Very High, 17 fires, median home $1,033,300
- Thousand Oaks, 11.1 mi southwest: 76.4% High or Very High, 71 fires, median home $951,200
- Topanga, 11.7 mi south: 98.0% High or Very High, 47 fires, median home $1,643,000
- Moorpark, 12.4 mi west: 87.7% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $852,800
- Westlake Village, 12.4 mi southwest: 77.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $1,212,800
- Piru, 12.9 mi northwest: 50.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $586,400