bananaphone
New member
Hello all. Newbie from the East Coast here. Moved for work, renting for a year or two while trying to orient myself and figure out where to buy a SFR.
My husband and I recently visited the Legado model homes at Portola Springs. While discussing the neighborhood with the desk lady, my husband mentioned offhand the risk of fire.
"Well," said the desk lady, "there is that. But do you think that stops ANYONE from buying here?"
It could definitely stop me. Back East I once lived on a riverbank, in FEMA flood zone A. Daily life was absolutely beautiful. But occasionally there was a flood, and then life turned upside down for a while. As a young single person I didn't mind at all; I had little to lose except some cheap furniture. But now with small kids...
Anyway, to my question.
I have been looking at the fire risk map, as well as older threads here, and trying to understand which areas of Irvine might be at the least risk for fire. I would have guessed West Irvine; it's not backed up to mountains or canyons, and doesn't seem to have a large amount of dry vegetation. But then I see that West Irvine was evacuated in 2007 and came close again in 2017.
Any thoughts?
My husband and I recently visited the Legado model homes at Portola Springs. While discussing the neighborhood with the desk lady, my husband mentioned offhand the risk of fire.
"Well," said the desk lady, "there is that. But do you think that stops ANYONE from buying here?"
It could definitely stop me. Back East I once lived on a riverbank, in FEMA flood zone A. Daily life was absolutely beautiful. But occasionally there was a flood, and then life turned upside down for a while. As a young single person I didn't mind at all; I had little to lose except some cheap furniture. But now with small kids...
Anyway, to my question.
I have been looking at the fire risk map, as well as older threads here, and trying to understand which areas of Irvine might be at the least risk for fire. I would have guessed West Irvine; it's not backed up to mountains or canyons, and doesn't seem to have a large amount of dry vegetation. But then I see that West Irvine was evacuated in 2007 and came close again in 2017.
Any thoughts?