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Is Walnut in a fire hazard severity zone?
42.0% of Walnut is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 35.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Walnut ranks 677 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.30 sq mi Very High, 1.91 sq mi High, 0.56 sq mi Moderate, out of 8.98 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 35.7% is 3.3 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $972,500 is 24% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 42 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is AMAR in 1994. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 5, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 1. Seismic maps cover Walnut with liquefaction 30.8%, landslide 14.2%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Los Angeles County overall, 29.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Walnut
The state record shows 10 since 1950. The largest was WINNETT in 1972 (747 acres in total).
- AMAR (1994), 78 acres
- (unnamed) (1989), 20 acres
- ONYX (1989), 326 acres
- WINNETT (1972), 747 acres
- BUZZARD PEAK (1972), 183 acres
- GARTEL (1971), 119 acres
- MONTEZUMA (1971), 286 acres
- WINNET (1970), 305 acres
- (unnamed) (1969), 20 acres
- (unnamed) (1955), 91 acres
Nearby places compared
- West Covina, 2.4 mi northwest: 8.9% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $712,300
- Diamond Bar, 3.0 mi southeast: 56.1% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $867,000
- South San Jose Hills, 3.5 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $540,400
- Covina, 4.1 mi north: 0.2% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $666,000
- Valinda, 4.3 mi west: 2.3% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $613,200
- Rowland Heights, 4.6 mi southwest: 59.9% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $812,900
- Charter Oak, 4.8 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $601,900
- La Puente, 5.3 mi west: 7.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $593,200
- Vincent, 5.8 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $609,900
- Pomona, 6.0 mi east: 11.6% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $569,600
- Citrus, 6.2 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $614,200
- West Puente Valley, 6.2 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $591,800