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Is Acton in a fire hazard severity zone?
97.2% of Acton is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 97.2% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Acton ranks 163 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 38.15 sq mi Very High, 0.07 sq mi High, out of 39.31 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 97.2% is 64.8 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $695,300 is 11% below the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 6 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is HAWK in 2025. By decade: 1970s: 8, 1980s: 7, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 5, 2010s: 5, 2020s: 2. Seismic maps cover Acton with liquefaction 12.5%, landslide 8.2%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Los Angeles County overall, 29.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Acton
The state record shows 30 since 1950. The largest was CROWN in 2004 (11,754 acres in total).
- HAWK (2025), 480 acres
- ACTON (2020), 14 acres
- ESCONDIDO (2017), 66 acres
- SIERRA (2017), 36 acres
- ALISO (2012), 12 acres
- HUGHES (2011), 51 acres
- SIERRA (2011), 12 acres
- Y (2007), 22 acres
- TOVEY (2005), 983 acres
- CROWN (2004), 11,754 acres
- SAGE (2003), 22 acres
- SHANNON (2002), 299 acres
Nearby places compared
- Palmdale, 6.4 mi north: 39.7% High or Very High, 39 fires, median home $435,300
- Desert View Highlands, 6.7 mi north: 4.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $321,400
- Agua Dulce, 6.8 mi west: 94.1% High or Very High, 25 fires, median home $907,600
- Leona Valley, 9.8 mi northwest: 86.2% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $668,000
- Quartz Hill, 11.0 mi north: 6.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $455,500
- Littlerock, 11.8 mi east: 78.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $345,700
- Sun Village, 14.0 mi east: 7.2% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $348,100
- Lancaster, 14.0 mi north: 31.8% High or Very High, 34 fires, median home $409,100
- Green Valley, 14.7 mi northwest: 16.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $369,600
- Elizabeth Lake, 15.2 mi northwest: 95.0% High or Very High, 17 fires, median home $381,500
- Santa Clarita, 18.0 mi west: 79.9% High or Very High, 124 fires, median home $721,000
- La Crescenta-Montrose, 18.8 mi south: 84.1% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,151,100