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Is Santee in a fire hazard severity zone?
75.2% of Santee is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 69.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Santee ranks 420 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 9.66 sq mi Very High, 1.94 sq mi High, 0.98 sq mi Moderate, out of 16.73 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 69.3% is 25.5 points above the 43.8% of San Diego County. The median home value of $653,400 is 17% below the county median of $791,600. Among 57 places in the county it ranks 22 for exposure; Boulevard ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is CEDAR in 2003. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 9, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1. The state has not evaluated Santee 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 Santee
The state record shows 15 since 1950. The largest was CEDAR in 2003 (270,686 acres in total).
- CEDAR (2003), 270,686 acres
- ROCOSO (1994), 3,218 acres
- ASSIST #59/MAGNOLIA (1989), 310 acres
- ASSIST #78 (1988), 935 acres
- ASSIST #38 (1987), 380 acres
- ASSIST #21 (1984), 62 acres
- OUTSIDE ORIGIN #1 (1984), 122 acres
- ASSIST #59 (1981), 7,311 acres
- ASSIST #72 (1981), 696 acres
- OUTSIDE ORIGIN #4 (1981), 56 acres
- ASSIST #69 (1980), 745 acres
- (unnamed) (1975), 25 acres
Nearby places compared
- Eucalyptus Hills, 2.9 mi northeast: 98.7% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $821,900
- Winter Gardens, 3.8 mi southeast: 58.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $558,800
- Bostonia, 4.2 mi southeast: 25.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $435,900
- El Cajon, 4.5 mi south: 7.5% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $632,800
- Lakeside, 5.4 mi east: 68.9% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $585,500
- Granite Hills, 5.8 mi southeast: 56.8% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $892,700
- La Mesa, 6.5 mi south: 4.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $738,800
- Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, 6.6 mi south: 1.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $906,500
- Rancho San Diego, 7.7 mi southeast: 65.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $854,200
- Crest, 8.0 mi southeast: 96.3% High or Very High, 24 fires, median home $715,100
- Spring Valley, 9.1 mi south: 37.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $645,300
- Lemon Grove, 9.2 mi south: 0.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $640,600