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Is Sierra City in a fire hazard severity zone?
59.1% of Sierra City is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 59.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Sierra City ranks 495 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 2.14 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 59.1% is 34.1 points above the 25.0% of Sierra County. The median home value of $380,600 is 14% above the county median of $334,100. Among 11 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Sierra Brooks ranks first at 96.2%. The latest recorded fire is SACRED in 2016. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1990s: 1, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Sierra City 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 City
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1954 (2,340 acres in total).
- SACRED (2016), 23 acres
- BUTTES (1990), 240 acres
- (unnamed) (1954), 2,340 acres
- CHIPPS (1950), 90 acres
Nearby places compared
- Sattley, 10.5 mi east: 95.7% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Whitehawk, 10.6 mi north: 84.4% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Downieville, 10.7 mi west: 22.1% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Graniteville, 11.0 mi southwest: 29.2% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Calpine, 11.3 mi northeast: 93.8% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Valley Ranch, 11.8 mi north: 89.9% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Clio, 12.3 mi north: 69.1% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Graeagle, 12.3 mi north: 54.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $422,400
- C-Road, 13.2 mi north: 89.2% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Sierraville, 13.5 mi east: 58.8% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $795,700
- Blairsden, 13.7 mi north: 99.8% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Gold Mountain, 13.8 mi northeast: 72.1% High or Very High, 3 fires