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Fire hazard severity zones in Santa Clara County
75.3% of Santa Clara County is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 69.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Very High zone50.9% of the area
High zone18.4%
Moderate zone6.0%
Earthquake fault zone2.6%
Liquefaction zone12.6%
Landslide zone16.0%
Not evaluated for seismic hazards53.3%: a zero above proves nothing there
Fires recorded since 195086
Land area1,300.3 sq mi
Median home value (2019-2023)$1,382,800
Flood and dam zonesnot covered
Cities and places in Santa Clara County
- Alum Rock (0%)
- Burbank (0%)
- Cambrian Park (0%)
- Campbell (0%)
- Cupertino (22%)
- East Foothills (32%)
- Fruitdale (0%)
- Gilroy (21%)
- Lexington Hills (100%)
- Los Altos (0%)
- Los Altos Hills (19%)
- Los Gatos (47%)
- Loyola (15%)
- Milpitas (0%)
- Monte Sereno (12%)
- Morgan Hill (26%)
- Mountain View (0%)
- Palo Alto (37%)
- San Jose (20%)
- San Martin (1%)
- Santa Clara (0%)
- Saratoga (26%)
- Stanford (0%)
- Sunnyvale (0%)
Percent of the area in High or Very High zones.
Fires recorded in or across Santa Clara County
The state record shows 86 since 1950. The largest was SCU LIGHTNING COMPLEX in 2020 (396,824 acres in total).
- DINO (2025), 266 acres
- ANTONIO (2025), 18 acres
- DINO (2024), 20 acres
- QUIMBY (2024), 33 acres
- ANZAR (2022), 101 acres
- CANYON (2022), 16 acres
- ESTRADA (2021), 125 acres
- PASEO (2021), 38 acres
- PIERCY (2021), 39 acres
- CREWS (2020), 5,513 acres
- PARK (2020), 343 acres
- SCU LIGHTNING COMPLEX (2020), 396,824 acres
- MALECH (2019), 208 acres
- BRIDAL (2018), 120 acres
- COUNTRY (2018), 321 acres