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Is Willow Creek in a fire hazard severity zone?
47.0% of Willow Creek is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 47.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Willow Creek ranks 590 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 14.02 sq mi Very High, 0.37 sq mi High, out of 30.61 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 47.0% is 3.6 points below the 50.6% of Humboldt County. The median home value of $335,100 is 20% below the county median of $418,800. Among 40 places in the county it ranks 12 for exposure; Alderpoint ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is AMMON in 2022. By decade: 1950s: 6, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 2, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 1, 2020s: 3. The state has not evaluated Willow Creek 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 Willow Creek
The state record shows 16 since 1950. The largest was CAMPBELL in 2022 (30,133 acres in total).
- AMMON (2022), 11,465 acres
- CAMPBELL (2022), 30,133 acres
- KNOB (2021), 2,421 acres
- FRIDAY (2003), 389 acres
- WILLOW (1996), 3 acres
- KNIGHT (1995), 20 acres
- (unnamed) (1990), 3 acres
- (unnamed) (1978), 9 acres
- (unnamed) (1976), 20 acres
- POWER (1963), 8 acres
- GREGG (1955), 388 acres
- FLOWERS (1955), 4 acres
Nearby places compared
- Salyer, 3.5 mi southeast: 56.7% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $575,800
- Trinity Village, 6.4 mi southeast: 35.5% High or Very High, 6 fires, median home $421,100
- Burnt Ranch, 9.8 mi southeast: 33.6% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $526,300
- Hoopa, 10.8 mi northwest: 7.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $253,500
- Weitchpec, 18.6 mi north: 77.2% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $216,700
- Blue Lake, 19.7 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $460,800
- Fieldbrook, 21.0 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $610,300
- Hyampom, 22.9 mi south: 45.5% High or Very High, 12 fires
- Arcata, 24.6 mi west: 0.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $466,600
- McKinleyville, 25.5 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $414,200
- Indianola, 25.7 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $512,500
- Kep'el, 26.3 mi northwest: 74.3% High or Very High, 6 fires