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Fire hazard severity zones in Merced County
38.9% of Merced County is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 23.6% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Very High zone8.6% of the area
High zone15.0%
Moderate zone15.3%
Earthquake fault zone0.4%
Liquefaction zone0.0%
Landslide zone0.0%
Not evaluated for seismic hazards100.0%: a zero above proves nothing there
Fires recorded since 1950118
Land area1,978.8 sq mi
Median home value (2019-2023)$368,400
Flood and dam zonesnot covered
Cities and places in Merced County
- Atwater (0%)
- Ballico (0%)
- Bear Creek (0%)
- Cressey (0%)
- Delhi (0%)
- Dos Palos (0%)
- Dos Palos Y (0%)
- El Nido (0%)
- Franklin (0%)
- Gustine (0%)
- Hilmar-Irwin (0%)
- Le Grand (0%)
- Livingston (0%)
- Los Banos (0%)
- McSwain (0%)
- Merced (0%)
- Planada (0%)
- Santa Nella (0%)
- Snelling (0%)
- South Dos Palos (0%)
- Stevinson (0%)
- Tuttle (0%)
- University of California-Merced (0%)
- Volta (1%)
- Winton (0%)
Percent of the area in High or Very High zones.
Fires recorded in or across Merced County
The state record shows 118 since 1950. The largest was SCU LIGHTNING COMPLEX in 2020 (396,824 acres in total).
- 18-1 (2025), 463 acres
- SANDY (2025), 48 acres
- DINO (2025), 266 acres
- DAN (2025), 24 acres
- WASHINGTON (2025), 47 acres
- VAN CLIEF RD STEVENSON (2025), 18 acres
- NELLA (2025), 458 acres
- PANOCHE (2023), 67 acres
- SANDY (2022), 28 acres
- ROMERO (2022), 344 acres
- WOLFSEN (2022), 25 acres
- SANDY (2020), 23 acres
- PASS (2020), 2,164 acres
- COTTONWOOD (2020), 788 acres
- SCU LIGHTNING COMPLEX (2020), 396,824 acres