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Is Weldon in a fire hazard severity zone?
57.8% of Weldon is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 54.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Weldon ranks 534 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 2.42 sq mi Very High, 12.30 sq mi High, 0.77 sq mi Moderate, out of 26.81 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 54.9% is 24.8 points above the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $153,300 is 51% below the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 24 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BELLA in 2025. By decade: 1980s: 2, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 3. The state has not evaluated Weldon 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 Kern County overall, 12.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Weldon
The state record shows 11 since 1950. The largest was ERSKINE in 2016 (48,008 acres in total).
- BELLA (2025), 4 acres
- FRONT (2024), 4 acres
- MAIN (2024), 1 acres
- ERSKINE (2016), 48,008 acres
- CAMPGROUND (2012), 12 acres
- COVE (2011), 1,121 acres
- PERRY (2009), 25 acres
- KOA (2005), 71 acres
- SOUTH LAKE (1997), 17 acres
- BODFISH (1984), 26,709 acres
- (unnamed) (1984), 945 acres
Nearby places compared
- Mountain Mesa, 4.9 mi west: 41.9% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $219,800
- Squirrel Mountain Valley, 5.3 mi west: 99.9% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $345,500
- Onyx, 8.2 mi east: 57.5% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $174,300
- Kernville, 9.1 mi northwest: 36.1% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $357,100
- Lake Isabella, 9.5 mi west: 25.7% High or Very High, 51 fires, median home $112,200
- Wofford Heights, 10.3 mi northwest: 66.8% High or Very High, 20 fires, median home $196,600
- Bodfish, 10.6 mi southwest: 56.0% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $104,700
- Alta Sierra, 14.3 mi northwest: 69.4% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Panorama Heights, 20.8 mi northwest: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $262,500
- Poso Park, 21.4 mi northwest: 96.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Sugarloaf Saw Mill, 21.5 mi northwest: 67.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Sugarloaf Village, 21.9 mi northwest: 83.5% High or Very High, 0 fires