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Is Vandenberg AFB in a fire hazard severity zone?
2.4% of Vandenberg AFB is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 2.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Vandenberg AFB ranks 988 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.50 sq mi Very High, 0.02 sq mi High, out of 22.49 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 2.4% is 39.2 points below the 41.5% of Santa Barbara County. Among 28 places in the county it ranks 20 for exposure; Mission Canyon ranks first at 87.3%. The latest recorded fire is WASHINGTON in 2016. By decade: 1950s: 2, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 8, 2000s: 8, 2010s: 1. The state has not evaluated Vandenberg AFB 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 Vandenberg AFB
The state record shows 26 since 1950. The largest was HARRIS in 2000 (9,330 acres in total).
- WASHINGTON (2016), 226 acres
- HIGHWAY (2009), 562 acres
- FIREFIGHTER (2004), 1 acres
- NEVADA (2002), 0 acres
- HAYBAIL (2002), 1 acres
- TRAILER_PARK (2002), 0 acres
- KORINA (2000), 0 acres
- HARRIS (2000), 9,330 acres
- CAMELIA (2000), 15 acres
- HALLOWEEN (1997), 1,129 acres
- AZALEA (1997), 1,351 acres
- ASPEN (1995), 1 acres
Nearby places compared
- Vandenberg Village, 3.7 mi southeast: 87.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $577,500
- Mission Hills, 5.7 mi southeast: 85.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $477,800
- Casmalia, 6.6 mi north: 51.6% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Lompoc, 6.7 mi southeast: 14.8% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $433,800
- Orcutt, 10.2 mi northeast: 7.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $587,000
- Santa Maria, 13.6 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $478,200
- Los Alamos, 13.8 mi east: 81.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $672,100
- Sisquoc, 15.1 mi northeast: 7.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $550,900
- Garey, 15.2 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Guadalupe, 15.5 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $452,100
- Buellton, 19.9 mi southeast: 32.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $704,200
- Woodlands, 19.9 mi north: 82.4% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $1,070,000