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Is Weitchpec in a fire hazard severity zone?
77.2% of Weitchpec is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 77.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Weitchpec ranks 350 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 2.27 sq mi Very High, 0.73 sq mi High, out of 3.89 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 77.2% is 26.5 points above the 50.6% of Humboldt County. The median home value of $216,700 is 48% below the county median of $418,800. Among 40 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Alderpoint ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is (unnamed) in 1998. By decade: 1960s: 1, 1990s: 2. The state has not evaluated Weitchpec 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 Humboldt County overall, 21.3% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Weitchpec
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1998 (613 acres in total).
- (unnamed) (1998), 613 acres
- GIST (1992), 20 acres
- DUNN (1961), 44 acres
Nearby places compared
- Hoopa, 8.2 mi south: 7.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $253,500
- Kep'el, 8.7 mi northwest: 74.3% High or Very High, 6 fires
- Wautec, 13.9 mi northwest: 76.6% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Willow Creek, 18.5 mi south: 47.0% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $335,100
- Orick, 20.4 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $417,900
- Salyer, 21.9 mi south: 56.7% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $575,800
- Big Lagoon, 22.6 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $493,900
- Fieldbrook, 22.9 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $610,300
- Westhaven-Moonstone, 23.5 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $497,400
- Trinity Village, 23.7 mi southeast: 35.5% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $421,100
- Trinidad, 25.1 mi west: 13.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $777,500
- McKinleyville, 26.4 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $414,200