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Is Valley Center in a fire hazard severity zone?
94.8% of Valley Center is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 94.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Valley Center ranks 197 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 23.78 sq mi Very High, 2.21 sq mi High, out of 27.42 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 94.8% is 51.0 points above the 43.8% of San Diego County. The median home value of $809,300 is 2% above the county median of $791,600. Among 57 places in the county it ranks 14 for exposure; Boulevard ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is MILLER 2 in 2019. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Valley Center 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 San Diego County overall, 37.2% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Valley Center
The state record shows 12 since 1950. The largest was PARADISE in 2003 (56,546 acres in total).
- MILLER 2 (2019), 29 acres
- POOMACHA (2007), 49,411 acres
- PARADISE (2003), 56,546 acres
- WOHLFORD (1997), 538 acres
- RINCON (1996), 1,984 acres
- COLE (1988), 32 acres
- GRADE (1987), 2,748 acres
- VESPER (1979), 402 acres
- LILAC (1970), 2,083 acres
- MOOSA (1969), 6,944 acres
- BEAR RIDGE (1962), 1,855 acres
- LAKE WOHLFORD (1956), 439 acres
Nearby places compared
- Hidden Meadows, 5.0 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $830,000
- Escondido, 6.7 mi south: 52.6% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $663,500
- Pala, 9.6 mi north: 9.3% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $265,000
- Bonsall, 10.4 mi west: 99.8% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $938,100
- San Marcos, 10.6 mi southwest: 59.5% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $792,400
- Harmony Grove, 10.8 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,039,900
- Del Dios, 11.9 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $955,400
- Vista, 12.6 mi west: 19.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $674,400
- Lake San Marcos, 12.6 mi southwest: 59.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $859,600
- Elfin Forest, 13.4 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,496,700
- Rainbow, 13.7 mi northwest: 98.0% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $699,500
- Fallbrook, 14.7 mi northwest: 63.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $713,000