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Is Monrovia in a fire hazard severity zone?
36.3% of Monrovia is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 34.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Monrovia ranks 693 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.47 sq mi Very High, 0.26 sq mi High, 0.26 sq mi Moderate, out of 13.74 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 34.4% is 2.0 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $891,700 is 14% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 45 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is EATON in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 5, 1960s: 5, 1970s: 1, 1980s: 1, 1990s: 1, 2010s: 1, 2020s: 2. Seismic maps cover Monrovia with fault zone 12.7%, liquefaction 4.1%, landslide 42.6%.
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 Monrovia
The state record shows 16 since 1950. The largest was BOBCAT in 2020 (115,998 acres in total).
- EATON (2025), 14,056 acres
- BOBCAT (2020), 115,998 acres
- FISH (2016), 4,246 acres
- SANTA ANITA II (1999), 736 acres
- STABLE (1980), 6,049 acres
- (unnamed) (1979), 4 acres
- (unnamed) (1969), 11 acres
- (unnamed) (1968), 47 acres
- CANYON INN (1968), 19,056 acres
- (unnamed) (1965), 23 acres
- NORUMBEGA (1962), 15 acres
- (unnamed) (1958), 13,944 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Monrovia touches the Azusa, Mount Wilson maps.
Nearby places compared
- Bradbury, 1.7 mi east: 90.1% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $1,914,100
- South Monrovia Island, 1.8 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $660,800
- Mayflower Village, 2.2 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $841,200
- Arcadia, 2.6 mi west: 11.4% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $1,336,500
- Duarte, 3.0 mi east: 22.6% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $710,700
- Sierra Madre, 3.1 mi northwest: 62.4% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $1,172,200
- Irwindale, 3.5 mi southeast: 5.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $645,800
- North El Monte, 3.6 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $852,600
- East Pasadena, 4.3 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,002,700
- Temple City, 4.3 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $930,200
- Baldwin Park, 5.1 mi southeast: 1.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $588,100
- East San Gabriel, 5.1 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $955,000