APPENDIX FIVE: SUBDIVISION WILDFIRE HAZARD RATING FORM

Name of Subdivision: _________________________________ Date: _______________________

County: __________________________ Size (AC): _____________________ # Lots: ________

Rating: __________________________ Comments: _____________________________________

A. SUBDIVISION DESIGN

1. Ingress/Egress:

- Two or more roads, primary route 1 _____

- One road, primary route, plus alternative 3 _____

- One way in/out 5 _____

2. Primary Road Widths:

- Minimum 24 ft. 1 _____

- Less than 24 ft. 3 _____

3. Accessibility:

- Smooth road, grade less than 5% 1 _____

- Rough road, grade less than 5% 3 _____

- Other 5 _____

4. Secondary Road Terminus:

- Loop road or cul-de-sacs w/turn-around radius greater than 45 ft. 1 _____

- Cul-de-sac turnaround radius less than 45 ft. 2 _____

- Dead-end roads less than 200 ft. in length 3 _____

- Dead-end roads over 200 ft. in length 5 _____

5. Average Lot Size:

- More than 10 acres 1 _____

- Between 1 and 10 acres 3 _____

- Less than 1 acre 5 _____

6. Street Signs:

- Present 1 _____

- Not Present 5 _____

B. VEGETATION

1. Fuels/Density (General):

- Grass w/scattered trees or oak brush 1 _____

- “Thinned” Conifers (10 ft. or more between trees) 3 _____

- Sagebrush/willow 5 _____

- Moderately dense conifers or oak brush 7 _____

- Dense, continuous conifers and/or thick oak brush 10 _____

2. Defensible Spaces Completed:

- More than 70% of sites 1 _____

- Between 30 – 70% of sites 5 _____

- Less than 30% of sites 10 _____