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Is Temecula in a fire hazard severity zone?
41.7% of Temecula is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 37.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Temecula ranks 662 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 11.15 sq mi Very High, 2.72 sq mi High, 1.63 sq mi Moderate, out of 37.19 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 37.3% is 20.9 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $640,400 is 25% above the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 36 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is TEMECULA in 2016. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 3, 1990s: 5, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 3. Seismic maps cover Temecula with fault zone 5.2%, liquefaction 29.9%, landslide 3.7%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Temecula
The state record shows 16 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1969 (19,512 acres in total).
- TEMECULA (2016), 140 acres
- CHECKPOINT (2016), 10 acres
- SANTA (2014), 13 acres
- DE LUZ (2009), 93 acres
- PECHANGA (1996), 1,912 acres
- ROSA (1995), 127 acres
- RAINBOW (1993), 71 acres
- VAIL (1993), 395 acres
- RAINBOW (1992), 2,694 acres
- GAVILAN (1988), 249 acres
- SERIES 79 #1 (1981), 491 acres
- (unnamed) (1981), 279 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Temecula touches the Murrieta, Pechanga, Temecula maps.
Nearby places compared
- Rainbow, 6.3 mi south: 98.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $699,500
- Murrieta, 7.1 mi northwest: 49.0% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $606,900
- French Valley, 7.2 mi north: 46.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $637,800
- Pala, 9.4 mi south: 9.3% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $265,000
- Fallbrook, 10.7 mi southwest: 63.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $713,000
- Wildomar, 11.6 mi northwest: 70.3% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $511,900
- Sage, 14.2 mi northeast: 95.4% High or Very High, 49 fires, median home $516,700
- Menifee, 14.7 mi north: 40.1% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $487,200
- Aguanga, 15.3 mi east: 86.3% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Bonsall, 15.5 mi south: 99.8% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $938,100
- Winchester, 15.9 mi north: 58.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $429,500
- Canyon Lake, 16.2 mi northwest: 37.5% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $647,300