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Is Trabuco Canyon in a fire hazard severity zone?
97.9% of Trabuco Canyon is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 97.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Trabuco Canyon ranks 155 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.08 sq mi Very High, 0.05 sq mi High, 0.02 sq mi Moderate, out of 7.30 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 97.7% is 60.3 points above the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $1,243,100 is 36% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 2 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is AIRPORT in 2024. By decade: 1970s: 1, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 2, 2020s: 2. Seismic maps cover Trabuco Canyon with liquefaction 5.4%, landslide 39.0%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Trabuco Canyon
The state record shows 10 since 1950. The largest was INDIAN in 1980 (28,940 acres in total).
- AIRPORT (2024), 23,526 acres
- LIVE OAK (2020), 2 acres
- LIVE OAK (2018), 2 acres
- ROSE (2017), 0 acres
- SANTIAGO (2007), 28,430 acres
- SANTIAGO (1997), 338 acres
- LIVE OAK (1994), 160 acres
- MODJESKA (1984), 1,018 acres
- INDIAN (1980), 28,940 acres
- NELSON (1970), 3,586 acres
Nearby places compared
- Modjeska, 3.0 mi northwest: 76.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $997,100
- Rancho Santa Margarita, 3.7 mi south: 87.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $907,900
- Williams Canyon, 4.4 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Silverado, 5.1 mi north: 71.9% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $658,500
- Lake Forest, 5.3 mi west: 36.8% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $876,300
- Coto de Caza, 5.4 mi south: 92.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $1,419,400
- Mission Viejo, 6.6 mi southwest: 19.5% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $946,300
- Las Flores, 6.7 mi south: 96.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,068,900
- Laguna Hills, 8.2 mi southwest: 3.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $944,000
- Temescal Valley, 8.4 mi northeast: 85.7% High or Very High, 30 fires, median home $648,200
- Ladera Ranch, 9.3 mi south: 64.2% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $1,046,600
- Laguna Woods, 9.5 mi southwest: 26.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $364,900