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Is Yucca Valley in a fire hazard severity zone?
78.2% of Yucca Valley is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 18.5% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Yucca Valley ranks 821 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 7.37 sq mi High, 23.78 sq mi Moderate, out of 39.85 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 18.5% is 14.6 points above the 3.9% of San Bernardino County. The median home value of $321,300 is 32% below the county median of $475,000. Among 52 places in the county it ranks 27 for exposure; Big Bear Lake ranks first at 82.9%. The latest recorded fire is ELK TRAIL in 2022. By decade: 1970s: 1, 1980s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2020s: 1. The state has not evaluated Yucca Valley 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 San Bernardino County overall, 2.0% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Yucca Valley
The state record shows 6 since 1950. The largest was SAWTOOTH COMPLEX in 2006 (61,767 acres in total).
- ELK TRAIL (2022), 414 acres
- ACOMA (2008), 357 acres
- SAWTOOTH COMPLEX (2006), 61,767 acres
- YUCCA (1988), 873 acres
- SKYLINE (1980), 355 acres
- JACKRABBIT/LONGS CANYON (1975), 527 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Yucca Valley touches the Joshua Tree South, Yucca Valley North, Yucca Valley South maps.
Nearby places compared
- Joshua Tree, 6.3 mi east: 5.0% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $280,600
- Morongo Valley, 9.0 mi southwest: 8.4% High or Very High, 4 fires, median home $265,100
- Homestead Valley, 9.6 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $214,800
- Desert Hot Springs, 14.5 mi south: 0.2% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $309,300
- Desert Edge, 14.7 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $56,900
- Garnet, 15.2 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $237,800
- Sky Valley, 17.1 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $136,500
- Whitewater, 20.2 mi southwest: 35.6% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $273,600
- Cathedral City, 21.6 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $420,700
- Twentynine Palms, 22.2 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $238,400
- Big Bear City, 22.6 mi west: 39.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $427,700
- Thousand Palms, 22.7 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $260,500