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Fire hazard severity zones in Santa Cruz County
86.0% of Santa Cruz County is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 71.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Very High zone8.9% of the area
High zone62.3%
Moderate zone14.8%
Earthquake fault zone3.6%
Liquefaction zone0.0%
Landslide zone0.0%
Not evaluated for seismic hazards100.0%: a zero above proves nothing there
Fires recorded since 195028
Land area446.6 sq mi
Median home value (2019-2023)$1,015,200
Flood and dam zonesnot covered
Cities and places in Santa Cruz County
- Amesti (0%)
- Aptos (59%)
- Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley (95%)
- Ben Lomond (78%)
- Bonny Doon (63%)
- Boulder Creek (100%)
- Brookdale (75%)
- Capitola (0%)
- Corralitos (52%)
- Davenport (28%)
- Day Valley (70%)
- Felton (20%)
- Freedom (42%)
- Interlaken (14%)
- La Selva Beach (61%)
- Live Oak (0%)
- Lompico (100%)
- Mount Hermon (100%)
- Pajaro Dunes (0%)
- Paradise Park (0%)
- Pasatiempo (0%)
- Pleasure Point (0%)
- Rio del Mar (7%)
- Santa Cruz (2%)
- Scotts Valley (62%)
- Seacliff (0%)
- Soquel (34%)
- Twin Lakes (0%)
- Watsonville (10%)
- Zayante (98%)
Percent of the area in High or Very High zones.
Fires recorded in or across Santa Cruz County
The state record shows 28 since 1950. The largest was CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX in 2020 (86,553 acres in total).
- BONNY COMPLEX (2021), 20 acres
- FREEDOM (2021), 33 acres
- ESTRADA (2021), 125 acres
- BLOOM (2021), 9 acres
- CHINA (2021), 22 acres
- PANTHER RIDGE (2021), 20 acres
- COAST (2020), 20 acres
- CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX (2020), 86,553 acres
- DEER (2019), 9 acres
- RINCON (2018), 16 acres
- BEAR (2018), 9 acres
- BEAR (2017), 317 acres
- HARKIN (2017), 3 acres
- LOMA (2016), 4,474 acres
- LOMA (2009), 669 acres