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Is Valley Wells in a fire hazard severity zone?
10.8% of Valley Wells is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 0.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
In land area, that is 1.16 sq mi Moderate, out of 10.74 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 0.0% is 2.8 points below the 2.8% of Inyo County. Among 21 places in the county it ranks 21 for exposure; Dixon Lane-MeadowCreek ranks first at 81.7%. The latest recorded fire is GREAT in 2016. By decade: 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Valley Wells 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 Inyo County overall, 0.1% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Valley Wells
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was GREAT in 2016 (10 acres in total).
- GREAT (2016), 10 acres
Nearby places compared
- Homewood Canyon, 3.1 mi west: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $100,700
- Trona, 4.2 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Searles Valley, 8.5 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $68,500
- Ridgecrest, 25.8 mi southwest: 0.9% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $235,800
- Ridgecrest Heights, 28.3 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $104,400
- China Lake Acres, 29.4 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $168,100
- Pearsonville, 30.7 mi west: 17.2% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Darwin, 30.8 mi northwest: 3.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Inyokern, 31.4 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $311,700
- Johannesburg, 39.0 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Randsburg, 39.6 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $9,999
- Kennedy Meadows, 43.8 mi west: 76.7% High or Very High, 1 fire