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Is Malibu in a fire hazard severity zone?
91.9% of Malibu is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 91.9% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Malibu ranks 230 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 17.87 sq mi Very High, out of 19.44 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 91.9% is 59.5 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $2,000,001 is 155% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 12 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is PALISADES in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 6, 1960s: 1, 1970s: 6, 1980s: 4, 1990s: 4, 2000s: 5, 2010s: 9, 2020s: 5. Seismic maps cover Malibu with fault zone 2.3%, liquefaction 9.2%, landslide 46.4%.
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 Malibu
The state record shows 40 since 1950. The largest was WOOLSEY in 2018 (89,551 acres in total).
- PALISADES (2025), 23,449 acres
- FRANKLIN (2024), 4,124 acres
- KNOLLS (2021), 5 acres
- WAVE (2020), 5 acres
- MESA (2020), 1 acres
- SWEETWATER (2019), 18 acres
- SERRA (2018), 3 acres
- KNOLLS (2018), 1 acres
- WOOLSEY (2018), 89,551 acres
- LATIGO 2 (2015), 3 acres
- MURPHY (2014), 0 acres
- TYLER (2014), 0 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Malibu touches the Malibu Beach, Point Dume maps.
Nearby places compared
- Pepperdine University, 5.2 mi east: 100.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $763,900
- Westlake Village, 7.2 mi north: 77.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $1,212,800
- Agoura Hills, 8.3 mi north: 85.9% High or Very High, 27 fires, median home $1,072,200
- Lake Sherwood, 8.5 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Calabasas, 10.6 mi northeast: 96.3% High or Very High, 38 fires, median home $1,453,900
- Oak Park, 10.9 mi north: 80.7% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $1,017,100
- Thousand Oaks, 11.0 mi north: 76.4% High or Very High, 71 fires, median home $951,200
- Topanga, 11.4 mi east: 98.0% High or Very High, 47 fires, median home $1,643,000
- Hidden Hills, 12.0 mi northeast: 84.9% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Casa Conejo, 13.4 mi northwest: 9.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $813,300
- Bell Canyon, 13.7 mi northeast: 100.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Santa Rosa Valley, 15.7 mi north: 99.9% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,663,800