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Fire hazard severity zones in Butte County
56.7% of Butte County is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 50.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Very High zone37.6% of the area
High zone13.3%
Moderate zone5.8%
Earthquake fault zone0.1%
Liquefaction zone0.0%
Landslide zone0.0%
Not evaluated for seismic hazards100.0%: a zero above proves nothing there
Fires recorded since 1950266
Land area1,677.1 sq mi
Median home value (2019-2023)$408,700
Flood and dam zonesnot covered
Cities and places in Butte County
- Bangor (100%)
- Berry Creek (83%)
- Biggs (0%)
- Butte Creek Canyon (97%)
- Butte Meadows (98%)
- Butte Valley (98%)
- Cherokee (100%)
- Chico (35%)
- Clipper Mills (100%)
- Cohasset (98%)
- Concow (78%)
- Durham (5%)
- Forbestown (62%)
- Forest Ranch (94%)
- Gridley (0%)
- Honcut (62%)
- Kelly Ridge (92%)
- Magalia (94%)
- Nord (0%)
- Oroville (10%)
- Oroville East (85%)
- Palermo (63%)
- Paradise (100%)
- Rackerby (100%)
- Richvale (0%)
- Robinson Mill (97%)
- South Oroville (44%)
- Stirling City (100%)
- Thermalito (0%)
- Yankee Hill (99%)
Percent of the area in High or Very High zones.
Fires recorded in or across Butte County
The state record shows 266 since 1950. The largest was DIXIE in 2021 (963,405 acres in total).
- NINETY NINE (2025), 32 acres
- GROVE (2025), 78 acres
- GRUBS (2025), 10 acres
- ALTA (2025), 16 acres
- DUSTIN (2025), 1 acres
- DISTRICT (2025), 42 acres
- SHIRLEY (2025), 1 acres
- FOREBAY (2025), 34 acres
- 6-3 (2025), 11 acres
- CLARK (2025), 26 acres
- BEAN (2025), 4 acres
- GRANITE (2025), 21 acres
- SEVEN (2024), 11 acres
- PENTZ (2024), 176 acres
- CENTERVILLE (2024), 62 acres