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Is Winchester in a fire hazard severity zone?
67.7% of Winchester is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 58.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Winchester ranks 502 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 3.90 sq mi Very High, 0.78 sq mi High, 0.74 sq mi Moderate, out of 8.00 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 58.5% is 42.1 points above the 16.4% of Riverside County. The median home value of $429,500 is 16% below the county median of $510,300. Among 75 places in the county it ranks 23 for exposure; Lake Riverside ranks first at 96.5%. The latest recorded fire is (unnamed) in 1979. By decade: 1970s: 5. The state has not evaluated Winchester 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 Winchester
The state record shows 5 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1978 (1,735 acres in total).
- (unnamed) (1979), 110 acres
- DOUBLE BUTTE #2 (1979), 628 acres
- CALVERT (1979), 1,070 acres
- (unnamed) (1978), 1,735 acres
- (unnamed) (1977), 251 acres
Nearby places compared
- Green Acres, 1.2 mi northwest: 86.2% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $242,000
- Homeland, 3.2 mi northwest: 84.1% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $189,600
- Hemet, 3.3 mi east: 26.7% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $314,200
- Romoland, 6.2 mi northwest: 66.4% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $403,600
- San Jacinto, 6.2 mi northeast: 26.9% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $391,600
- East Hemet, 7.1 mi east: 32.3% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $370,300
- Nuevo, 7.3 mi northwest: 27.7% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $507,200
- Menifee, 7.7 mi west: 40.1% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $487,200
- Lakeview, 8.2 mi northwest: 1.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $492,100
- French Valley, 8.8 mi south: 46.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $637,800
- Valle Vista, 10.3 mi east: 39.4% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $315,400
- Perris, 10.4 mi northwest: 26.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $431,900