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Is Glendale in a fire hazard severity zone?
76.4% of Glendale is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 72.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Glendale ranks 394 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 20.79 sq mi Very High, 1.32 sq mi High, 1.23 sq mi Moderate, out of 30.56 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 72.4% is 40.0 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $1,043,900 is 33% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 23 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is LA TUNA in 2017. By decade: 1950s: 8, 1960s: 4, 1970s: 11, 1980s: 5, 1990s: 5, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover Glendale with fault zone 1.2%, liquefaction 11.4%, landslide 24.1%.
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 Glendale
The state record shows 36 since 1950. The largest was STATION in 2009 (160,833 acres in total).
- LA TUNA (2017), 7,051 acres
- STATION (2009), 160,833 acres
- MOUNTAIN (2002), 749 acres
- RAFAEL (1999), 502 acres
- CAMINITO (1993), 2 acres
- LOS ENCINOS (1993), 4 acres
- (unnamed) (1991), 27 acres
- GLENDALE (1990), 111 acres
- GLEN OAKS CANYON (1988), 353 acres
- FLINT PEAK (1986), 71 acres
- FLINTRIDGE (1986), 85 acres
- (unnamed) (1980), 22 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Glendale touches the Burbank, Pasadena, Sunland maps.
Nearby places compared
- La Crescenta-Montrose, 2.6 mi north: 84.1% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,151,100
- La Cañada Flintridge, 2.9 mi northeast: 99.1% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Pasadena, 4.2 mi east: 30.4% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $1,045,000
- Burbank, 4.7 mi west: 35.3% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $1,041,100
- Altadena, 6.2 mi east: 39.2% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $1,073,500
- South Pasadena, 7.5 mi southeast: 25.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,545,100
- San Pasqual, 8.9 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,209,200
- San Marino, 9.1 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Alhambra, 9.8 mi southeast: 0.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $812,700
- East Pasadena, 10.4 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,002,700
- East San Gabriel, 10.7 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $955,000
- West Hollywood, 10.7 mi southwest: 21.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $969,900