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Is Whitewater in a fire hazard severity zone?
69.2% of Whitewater is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 35.6% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Whitewater ranks 679 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.52 sq mi High, 3.32 sq mi Moderate, out of 9.90 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 35.6% is 19.2 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $273,600 is 46% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 37 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is VIEW in 2012. By decade: 1970s: 3, 1980s: 4, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 5. The state has not evaluated Whitewater 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 Riverside County overall, 14.8% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Whitewater
The state record shows 15 since 1950. The largest was VERBENIA in 1995 (21,444 acres in total).
- VIEW (2012), 376 acres
- WHITEWATER (2012), 15 acres
- CABAZON (2011), 99 acres
- WHITEWATER (2011), 79 acres
- WHITEWATER (2010), 52 acres
- HIGHWAY (2005), 48 acres
- EXCELSIOR (1995), 1,819 acres
- VERBENIA (1995), 21,444 acres
- (unnamed) (1982), 298 acres
- (unnamed) (1981), 471 acres
- BLUE (1980), 518 acres
- WHITEWATER (1980), 397 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Whitewater touches the White Water map.
Nearby places compared
- Cabazon, 5.8 mi west: 94.8% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $248,800
- Desert Hot Springs, 10.0 mi east: 0.2% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $309,300
- Morongo Valley, 11.7 mi northeast: 8.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $265,100
- Banning, 12.1 mi west: 58.3% High or Very High, 42 fires, median home $322,900
- Garnet, 12.2 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $237,800
- Idyllwild-Pine Cove, 13.7 mi south: 59.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $485,300
- Desert Edge, 14.2 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $56,900
- Palm Springs, 14.2 mi southeast: 4.6% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $567,300
- Cathedral City, 15.0 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $420,700
- Beaumont, 15.2 mi west: 67.6% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $464,000
- Mountain Center, 15.6 mi south: 44.6% High or Very High, 5 fires
- Cherry Valley, 16.5 mi west: 70.0% High or Very High, 13 fires, median home $358,000