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Is Arcadia in a fire hazard severity zone?
13.0% of Arcadia is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 11.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Arcadia ranks 885 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.92 sq mi Very High, 0.35 sq mi High, 0.17 sq mi Moderate, out of 11.14 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 11.4% is 21.0 points below the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $1,336,500 is 71% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 57 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is EATON in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 4, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 3, 1990s: 1, 2000s: 1, 2020s: 2. Seismic maps cover Arcadia with fault zone 9.0%, liquefaction 21.1%, landslide 3.0%.
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 Arcadia
The state record shows 12 since 1950. The largest was BOBCAT in 2020 (115,998 acres in total).
- EATON (2025), 14,056 acres
- BOBCAT (2020), 115,998 acres
- SANTA ANITA (2002), 28 acres
- SANTA ANITA II (1999), 736 acres
- (unnamed) (1979), 3 acres
- (unnamed) (1977), 7 acres
- (unnamed) (1975), 5 acres
- BOLE (1969), 715 acres
- MONROVIA PEAK (1954), 13,870 acres
- (unnamed) (1953), 95 acres
- MONROVIA PEAK (1953), 14,061 acres
- ARCADIA (1952), 10 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Arcadia touches the Mount Wilson map.
Nearby places compared
- East Pasadena, 1.8 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,002,700
- Sierra Madre, 2.3 mi north: 62.4% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $1,172,200
- Temple City, 2.3 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $930,200
- Mayflower Village, 2.4 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $841,200
- East San Gabriel, 2.6 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $955,000
- Monrovia, 2.6 mi east: 34.4% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $891,700
- North El Monte, 2.7 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $852,600
- South Monrovia Island, 2.8 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $660,800
- San Pasqual, 3.4 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,209,200
- San Marino, 3.9 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Bradbury, 4.3 mi east: 90.1% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $1,914,100
- San Gabriel, 4.3 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $899,000