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Fire hazard severity zones in Placer County
42.6% of Placer County is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 34.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Very High zone24.9% of the area
High zone9.2%
Moderate zone8.6%
Earthquake fault zone0.0%
Liquefaction zone0.0%
Landslide zone0.0%
Not evaluated for seismic hazards100.0%: a zero above proves nothing there
Fires recorded since 1950250
Land area1,502.1 sq mi
Median home value (2019-2023)$658,800
Flood and dam zonesnot covered
Cities and places in Placer County
- Alta (100%)
- Auburn (27%)
- Carnelian Bay (86%)
- Cedar Flat (84%)
- Colfax (100%)
- Dollar Point (97%)
- Dutch Flat (99%)
- Foresthill (56%)
- Granite Bay (46%)
- Kings Beach (51%)
- Lincoln (5%)
- Loomis (39%)
- Meadow Vista (98%)
- Newcastle (55%)
- North Auburn (15%)
- Penryn (15%)
- Rocklin (13%)
- Roseville (0%)
- Sheridan (16%)
- Sunnyside-Tahoe City (70%)
- Tahoe Vista (73%)
- Tahoma (66%)
Percent of the area in High or Very High zones.
Fires recorded in or across Placer County
The state record shows 250 since 1950. The largest was KING in 2014 (97,685 acres in total).
- RANCH (2025), 125 acres
- SUNSET (2025), 58 acres
- CATLETT (2025), 176 acres
- MOORE (2025), 18 acres
- STARDUST (2025), 12 acres
- NORTHSTAR II (2025), 0 acres
- NORTHSTAR (2025), 0 acres
- NORTHSTAR III (2025), 0 acres
- PFE (2024), 8 acres
- ATHENS (2024), 262 acres
- AMORUSO (2024), 433 acres
- KARCHNER (2024), 9 acres
- FAR (2024), 13 acres
- ROYAL (2024), 211 acres
- TANWOODS (2023), 10 acres