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Is Burbank in a fire hazard severity zone?
38.4% of Burbank is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 35.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Burbank ranks 683 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 5.57 sq mi Very High, 0.56 sq mi High, 0.53 sq mi Moderate, out of 17.36 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 35.3% is 2.9 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $1,041,100 is 33% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 44 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is LA TUNA in 2017. By decade: 1950s: 7, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 3, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 1, 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover Burbank with liquefaction 44.5%, landslide 18.3%.
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 Burbank
The state record shows 16 since 1950. The largest was LA TUNA in 2017 (7,051 acres in total).
- LA TUNA (2017), 7,051 acres
- WILDWOOD (2003), 68 acres
- VERDUGO SPRINGS (1993), 4 acres
- RUDELL (1993), 4 acres
- (unnamed) (1987), 57 acres
- (unnamed) (1983), 2 acres
- SUNLAND (1980), 6,457 acres
- (unnamed) (1971), 17 acres
- (unnamed) (1964), 6,950 acres
- (unnamed) (1958), 97 acres
- (unnamed) (1957), 100 acres
- (unnamed) (1956), 15 acres
Nearby places compared
- Glendale, 4.7 mi east: 72.4% High or Very High, 36 fires, median home $1,043,900
- La Crescenta-Montrose, 6.0 mi northeast: 84.1% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,151,100
- West Hollywood, 7.3 mi southwest: 21.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $969,900
- La Cañada Flintridge, 7.5 mi east: 99.1% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Beverly Hills, 8.3 mi southwest: 45.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $2,000,001
- Pasadena, 8.7 mi east: 30.4% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $1,045,000
- San Fernando, 9.6 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $630,700
- South Pasadena, 10.8 mi southeast: 25.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,545,100
- Altadena, 10.8 mi east: 39.2% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $1,073,500
- Los Angeles, 11.5 mi south: 36.5% High or Very High, 153 fires, median home $879,500
- Alhambra, 12.9 mi southeast: 0.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $812,700
- Culver City, 13.0 mi south: 10.8% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,126,900