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Is Yosemite Lakes in a fire hazard severity zone?
100.0% of Yosemite Lakes is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 100.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Yosemite Lakes ranks 80 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 10.84 sq mi Very High, 10.18 sq mi High, out of 21.02 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 100.0% is 75.1 points above the 24.9% of Madera County. The median home value of $353,700 is 4% below the county median of $367,700. Among 17 places in the county it ranks 2 for exposure; Nipinnawasee ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is YOSEMITE LAKES in 1981. By decade: 1950s: 1, 1960s: 1, 1980s: 1. The state has not evaluated Yosemite Lakes 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 Madera County overall, 9.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Yosemite Lakes
The state record shows 3 since 1950. The largest was LIGHTNING #36 in 1969 (4,662 acres in total).
- YOSEMITE LAKES (1981), 455 acres
- LIGHTNING #36 (1969), 4,662 acres
- COARSEGOLD CREEK (1954), 477 acres
Nearby places compared
- Coarsegold, 5.3 mi northeast: 96.3% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $315,000
- Ahwahnee, 12.2 mi north: 99.0% High or Very High, 3 fires, median home $448,000
- Oakhurst, 14.2 mi northeast: 64.2% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $372,500
- Bass Lake, 14.5 mi northeast: 57.8% High or Very High, 1 fire
- Nipinnawasee, 14.5 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $345,700
- Friant, 14.7 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $260,200
- North Fork, 14.8 mi east: 72.8% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $331,500
- Millerton, 16.0 mi south: 11.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $582,500
- Bonadelle Ranchos, 16.7 mi south: 1.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $460,900
- Auberry, 18.3 mi east: 62.9% High or Very High, 35 fires, median home $351,300
- Madera Ranchos, 19.5 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $448,000
- Bootjack, 20.1 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $403,300