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Is Wofford Heights in a fire hazard severity zone?
66.8% of Wofford Heights is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 66.8% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Wofford Heights ranks 439 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.28 sq mi Very High, out of 6.41 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 66.8% is 36.7 points above the 30.1% of Kern County. The median home value of $196,600 is 37% below the county median of $310,600. Among 88 places in the county it ranks 21 for exposure; Fellows ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is CANE in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 7, 2020s: 4. The state has not evaluated Wofford Heights 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 Wofford Heights
The state record shows 20 since 1950. The largest was CEDAR in 2016 (29,101 acres in total).
- CANE (2025), 2 acres
- DENT (2024), 5 acres
- FRENCH (2021), 26,535 acres
- WOFFORD (2020), 6 acres
- CALGARY (2017), 50 acres
- SIERRA (2017), 1 acres
- CEDAR (2016), 29,101 acres
- SHIRLEY (2014), 2,546 acres
- WAY (2014), 3,882 acres
- EVANS (2013), 1 acres
- SPLIT (2011), 28 acres
- SARGENT (2000), 74 acres
Nearby places compared
- Kernville, 2.9 mi northeast: 36.1% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $357,100
- Alta Sierra, 4.0 mi west: 69.4% High or Very High, 2 fires
- Lake Isabella, 5.1 mi south: 25.7% High or Very High, 51 fires, median home $112,200
- Mountain Mesa, 6.5 mi southeast: 41.9% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $219,800
- Squirrel Mountain Valley, 7.8 mi southeast: 99.9% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $345,500
- Bodfish, 9.8 mi south: 56.0% High or Very High, 29 fires, median home $104,700
- Weldon, 10.3 mi southeast: 54.9% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $153,300
- Panorama Heights, 10.6 mi northwest: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $262,500
- Poso Park, 11.2 mi northwest: 96.0% High or Very High, 0 fires
- Sugarloaf Saw Mill, 11.5 mi northwest: 67.9% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Sugarloaf Village, 11.8 mi northwest: 83.5% High or Very High, 0 fires
- McClenney Tract, 12.0 mi northwest: 55.8% High or Very High, 0 fires