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Is Yorba Linda in a fire hazard severity zone?
51.4% of Yorba Linda is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 47.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Yorba Linda ranks 589 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.47 sq mi Very High, 1.97 sq mi High, 0.84 sq mi Moderate, out of 19.98 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 47.2% is 9.8 points above the 37.4% of Orange County. The median home value of $1,091,700 is 19% above the county median of $915,500. Among 45 places in the county it ranks 15 for exposure; Williams Canyon ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is BLUE RIDGE in 2020. By decade: 1960s: 2, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 3, 2000s: 3, 2010s: 3, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Yorba Linda with fault zone 5.7%, liquefaction 14.6%, landslide 15.9%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Orange County overall, 32.7% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Yorba Linda
The state record shows 13 since 1950. The largest was PASEO GRANDE in 1967 (51,076 acres in total).
- BLUE RIDGE (2020), 13,695 acres
- COSTCO (2018), 0 acres
- CANYON II (2017), 9,198 acres
- CROSS CREEK (2017), 0 acres
- FREEWAY (2008), 30,305 acres
- BLUE GUM (2002), 497 acres
- EVENING (2002), 893 acres
- TELEGRAPH (1985), 1,635 acres
- OWL (1980), 18,332 acres
- CARBON (1980), 6,955 acres
- SOQUEL (1978), 3,934 acres
- PASEO GRANDE (1967), 51,076 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Yorba Linda touches the Prado Dam, Yorba Linda maps.
Nearby places compared
- Chino Hills, 4.6 mi northeast: 82.9% High or Very High, 18 fires, median home $830,000
- Placentia, 5.0 mi west: 0.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $871,000
- Villa Park, 5.7 mi southwest: 5.8% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $1,686,200
- Brea, 6.4 mi northwest: 51.7% High or Very High, 17 fires, median home $874,300
- Orange, 7.2 mi southwest: 25.9% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $900,700
- Diamond Bar, 8.1 mi north: 56.1% High or Very High, 19 fires, median home $867,000
- Chino, 8.4 mi northeast: 6.7% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $641,500
- Fullerton, 8.6 mi west: 13.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $859,600
- North Tustin, 9.0 mi south: 14.8% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $1,212,400
- Rowland Heights, 9.1 mi northwest: 59.9% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $812,900
- Coronita, 9.5 mi east: 5.1% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $596,000
- Anaheim, 9.6 mi southwest: 21.0% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $771,700