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Is Watsonville in a fire hazard severity zone?
16.1% of Watsonville is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 10.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Watsonville ranks 892 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.02 sq mi Very High, 0.70 sq mi High, 0.40 sq mi Moderate, out of 6.88 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 10.4% is 60.9 points below the 71.2% of Santa Cruz County. The median home value of $657,700 is 35% below the county median of $1,015,200. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 19 for exposure; Lompico ranks first at 100.0%. The state has not evaluated Watsonville 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 Cruz County overall, 8.9% of the land is Very High.
No fire perimeter since 1950 touches Watsonville in the state record. Small fires are often missing from it.
Nearby places compared
- Pajaro, 1.8 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $638,400
- Freedom, 2.5 mi northwest: 42.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $664,200
- Interlaken, 2.6 mi northeast: 14.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $787,400
- Amesti, 2.8 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $825,100
- Las Lomas, 3.9 mi southeast: 60.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $683,900
- Pajaro Dunes, 4.2 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- La Selva Beach, 4.3 mi west: 60.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,195,100
- Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 4.5 mi northwest: 95.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $980,800
- Corralitos, 5.5 mi north: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,603,800
- Rio del Mar, 6.5 mi west: 7.4% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,242,600
- Aromas, 7.3 mi southeast: 87.5% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $925,800
- Elkhorn, 7.7 mi south: 30.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $774,600