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Is Walker in a fire hazard severity zone?
64.2% of Walker is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 64.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Walker ranks 454 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.16 sq mi Very High, 4.64 sq mi High, out of 12.15 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 64.2% is 56.3 points above the 7.8% of Mono County. The median home value of $431,000 is 16% below the county median of $514,300. Among 18 places in the county it ranks 2 for exposure; Crowley Lake ranks first at 67.1%. The latest recorded fire is SLINK in 2020. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1970s: 2, 1980s: 1, 2000s: 3, 2010s: 1, 2020s: 2. The state has not evaluated Walker 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 Mono County overall, 1.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Walker
The state record shows 10 since 1950. The largest was SLINK in 2020 (26,752 acres in total).
- SLINK (2020), 26,752 acres
- MOUNTAIN VIEW (2020), 20,375 acres
- PINENUT (2019), 12 acres
- LARSON (2007), 1,076 acres
- CANNON (2002), 26,684 acres
- (unnamed) (2000), 1,528 acres
- (unnamed) (1983), 24 acres
- (unnamed) (1974), 2,112 acres
- (unnamed) (1970), 63 acres
- (unnamed) (1956), 122 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Walker touches the Risue Canyon map.
Nearby places compared
- Coleville, 4.7 mi north: 17.2% High or Very High, 11 fires
- Topaz, 8.9 mi north: 18.4% High or Very High, 7 fires
- Bridgeport, 22.4 mi southeast: 14.6% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $310,500
- Markleeville, 22.4 mi northwest: 22.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $464,000
- Twin Lakes, 24.7 mi south: 23.2% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Alpine Village, 25.3 mi northwest: 88.3% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $479,200
- Mesa Vista, 26.4 mi northwest: 58.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $650,000
- Bear Valley, 31.1 mi west: 15.1% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Kirkwood, 33.7 mi west: 18.4% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $568,200
- Virginia Lakes, 34.7 mi south: 1.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Strawberry, 36.0 mi southwest: 69.6% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Meyers, 36.1 mi northwest: 59.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $572,200