San Diego fire hazard zones by neighborhood
How much of each San Diego neighborhood we cover lies in California’s Very High, High and Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zones (2025 maps), most exposed first. 1 of 11 neighborhoods are at least half in a Very High zone.
| Neighborhood | Very High | High | Moderate | Outside any zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorrento | 57% | 22% | 12% | 9.4% |
| Mission Hills | 13% | 4.7% | 5.5% | 77% |
| La Jolla | 9.7% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 72% |
| Grantville | 9.5% | 5.5% | 7.2% | 78% |
| Pacific Beach | 0.0% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 96% |
| Encanto | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100% |
| Lincoln Park | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100% |
| Logan Heights | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100% |
| Mission Beach | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100% |
| Mountain View | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100% |
| Ocean Beach | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100% |
What the zones mean
Fire hazard severity zones describe the fire hazard of the land - vegetation, slope, fire history and weather - not the risk to a particular home, which also depends on how it is built and what is around it. In these zones California applies stricter building standards and defensible-space rules, and sellers must disclose the zone to buyers. A neighborhood outside the mapped zones can still burn.
Each share is the part of the neighborhood’s area, measured in an equal-area projection, that falls in each zone class. Every neighborhood page has the details, along with its flood zones and flood insurance claims.
Source: CAL FIRE Office of the State Fire Marshal, Fire Hazard Severity Zones. CAL FIRE does not endorse this site. Figures computed October 30, 2026.