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Is Squirrel Mountain Valley in a fire hazard severity zone?
99.9% of Squirrel Mountain Valley is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 99.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Squirrel Mountain Valley ranks 93 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.25 sq mi Very High, 0.52 sq mi High, out of 1.77 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 99.9% is 69.9 points above the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $345,500 is 11% above the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is ERSKINE in 2016. By decade: 1980s: 1, 1990s: 2, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Squirrel Mountain Valley 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 Squirrel Mountain Valley
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was ERSKINE in 2016 (48,008 acres in total).
- ERSKINE (2016), 48,008 acres
- SHADOW (1999), 60 acres
- JUNIPER (1999), 28 acres
- BODFISH (1984), 26,709 acres
Nearby places compared
- Mountain Mesa, 1.7 mi north: 41.9% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $219,800
- Lake Isabella, 4.8 mi west: 25.7% High or Very High, 51 fires, median home $112,200
- Weldon, 5.3 mi east: 54.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $153,300
- Bodfish, 5.4 mi southwest: 56.0% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $104,700
- Wofford Heights, 7.8 mi northwest: 66.8% High or Very High, 20 fires, median home $196,600
- Kernville, 8.2 mi north: 36.1% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $357,100
- Alta Sierra, 11.3 mi northwest: 69.4% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Onyx, 13.4 mi east: 57.5% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $174,300
- Panorama Heights, 18.1 mi northwest: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $262,500
- Poso Park, 18.8 mi northwest: 96.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Glennville, 18.8 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Sugarloaf Saw Mill, 19.3 mi northwest: 67.9% High or Very High, 1 fire