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Is Shafter in a fire hazard severity zone?
Almost none of Shafter sits in a state fire hazard severity zone.
Its High and Very High share of 0.0% is 30.1 points below the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $306,800 is 1% below the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 84 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BURBANK in 2024. By decade: 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Shafter 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 Kern County overall, 12.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Shafter
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was BURBANK in 2024 (62 acres in total).
- BURBANK (2024), 62 acres
Nearby places compared
- Cherokee Strip, 2.7 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $108,900
- Mexican Colony, 3.1 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $90,000
- Smith Corner, 3.2 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $112,500
- Rosedale, 6.7 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $594,000
- Stebbins, 7.8 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $242,400
- Wasco, 9.6 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $251,900
- Greenacres, 9.7 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $324,700
- Bakersfield, 10.5 mi southeast: 4.5% High or Very High, 53 fires, median home $347,300
- Oildale, 11.8 mi east: 26.1% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $225,000
- McFarland, 12.4 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $245,500
- Olde Stockdale, 12.5 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $642,900
- Buttonwillow, 12.8 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $215,200