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Is Taft in a fire hazard severity zone?
76.9% of Taft is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 75.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Taft ranks 368 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 11.47 sq mi High, 0.28 sq mi Moderate, out of 15.29 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 75.0% is 45.0 points above the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $246,400 is 21% below the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 15 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is 33 in 2025. By decade: 1990s: 1, 2020s: 3. The state has not evaluated Taft 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 Taft
The state record shows 4 since 1950. The largest was CLUB in 1998 (14 acres in total).
- 33 (2025), 11 acres
- AIRPORT (2025), 3 acres
- HILL NORTH DIVISION (2021), 6 acres
- CLUB (1998), 14 acres
Nearby places compared
- South Taft, 2.5 mi west: 76.9% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $155,700
- Taft Heights, 3.3 mi west: 27.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $187,700
- Ford City, 4.2 mi northwest: 51.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $197,500
- Maricopa, 5.2 mi south: 96.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $121,800
- Valley Acres, 5.5 mi north: 85.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $223,100
- Dustin Acres, 6.8 mi north: 74.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $218,500
- Fellows, 8.4 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $91,300
- Tupman, 12.3 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $192,500
- Derby Acres, 13.5 mi northwest: 70.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $189,200
- McKittrick, 16.9 mi northwest: 88.3% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Cuyama, 17.7 mi southwest: 16.5% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Old River, 19.6 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires