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Is Wawona in a fire hazard severity zone?
25.7% of Wawona is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 25.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Wawona ranks 762 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.28 sq mi Very High, out of 1.07 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 25.7% is 19.7 points below the 45.4% of Mariposa County. The median home value of $739,600 is 107% above the county median of $358,000. Among 17 places in the county it ranks 14 for exposure; Bootjack ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is WASHBURN in 2022. By decade: 1970s: 1, 2010s: 4, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Wawona 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 Mariposa County overall, 23.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Wawona
The state record shows 6 since 1950. The largest was SOUTH FORK in 2017 (7,560 acres in total).
- WASHBURN (2022), 4,886 acres
- MARKET (2017), 0 acres
- SOUTH FORK (2017), 7,560 acres
- POWERLINE (2016), 0 acres
- CHILNUALNA (2014), 0 acres
- HERE AGAIN (1975), 51 acres
Nearby places compared
- Fish Camp, 4.7 mi south: 87.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Yosemite West, 8.2 mi northwest: 99.3% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Nipinnawasee, 11.1 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $345,700
- El Portal, 12.0 mi northwest: 3.1% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $257,700
- Foresta, 12.2 mi northwest: 1.5% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Oakhurst, 12.9 mi south: 64.2% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $372,500
- Ahwahnee, 13.2 mi south: 99.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $448,000
- Yosemite Valley, 13.8 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 4 fires
- Bootjack, 14.5 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $403,300
- Bass Lake, 15.1 mi south: 57.8% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Midpines, 15.8 mi west: 85.3% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Mariposa, 18.6 mi west: 100.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $306,100