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Is Toro Canyon in a fire hazard severity zone?
88.0% of Toro Canyon is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 85.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Toro Canyon ranks 295 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.74 sq mi Very High, 0.33 sq mi High, 0.24 sq mi Moderate, out of 9.44 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 85.4% is 43.9 points above the 41.5% of Santa Barbara County. The median home value of $2,000,001 is 172% above the county median of $735,700. Among 28 places in the county it ranks 4 for exposure; Mission Canyon ranks first at 87.3%. The latest recorded fire is THOMAS in 2017. By decade: 1960s: 3, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 1, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Toro Canyon 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 Santa Barbara County overall, 29.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Toro Canyon
The state record shows 6 since 1950. The largest was THOMAS in 2017 (281,791 acres in total).
- THOMAS (2017), 281,791 acres
- TORO PARK (1980), 77 acres
- ROMERO (1971), 15,650 acres
- POLO (1964), 684 acres
- (unnamed) (1964), 1,363 acres
- COYOTE (1964), 65,339 acres
Nearby places compared
- Summerland, 2.3 mi west: 63.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Carpinteria, 3.3 mi southeast: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $965,200
- Montecito, 4.0 mi west: 61.4% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Santa Barbara, 7.7 mi west: 19.8% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,466,400
- Mission Canyon, 8.8 mi west: 87.3% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $1,890,900
- Eastern Goleta Valley, 12.7 mi west: 41.4% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $1,192,000
- Oak View, 14.9 mi east: 99.8% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $709,300
- Mira Monte, 15.2 mi east: 96.2% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $827,300
- Meiners Oaks, 16.4 mi east: 86.7% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $669,000
- University of California-Santa Barbara, 16.5 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $452,600
- Isla Vista, 17.3 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,241,700
- Goleta, 17.8 mi west: 12.2% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,002,500