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Is Sierra Brooks in a fire hazard severity zone?
96.2% of Sierra Brooks is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 96.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Sierra Brooks ranks 177 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.07 sq mi Very High, 1.26 sq mi High, out of 1.39 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 96.2% is 71.2 points above the 25.0% of Sierra County. The median home value of $297,200 is 11% below the county median of $334,100. Among 11 places in the county it ranks 1 for exposure; Sierra Brooks ranks first at 96.2%. The latest recorded fire is BEAR in 2024. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1970s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Sierra Brooks 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 Sierra County overall, 19.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Sierra Brooks
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was COTTONWOOD in 1994 (48,056 acres in total).
- BEAR (2024), 3,323 acres
- COTTONWOOD (1994), 48,056 acres
- SMITHNECK (1976), 192 acres
- (unnamed) (1954), 7,586 acres
Nearby places compared
- Loyalton, 2.6 mi northwest: 3.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $190,700
- Sierraville, 9.3 mi southwest: 58.8% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $795,700
- Sattley, 11.4 mi west: 95.7% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Calpine, 11.8 mi west: 93.8% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Chilcoot-Vinton, 12.0 mi north: 64.9% High or Very High, 12 fires
- Verdi, 13.6 mi southeast: 54.3% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Iron Horse, 16.4 mi northwest: 32.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $195,500
- Beckwourth, 17.3 mi northwest: 71.3% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $367,800
- Gold Mountain, 17.7 mi northwest: 72.1% High or Very High, 3 fires
- Portola, 18.2 mi northwest: 99.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $232,100
- Whitehawk, 18.4 mi west: 84.4% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Delleker, 18.6 mi northwest: 79.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $317,800