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Is Palmdale in a fire hazard severity zone?
69.0% of Palmdale is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 39.7% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Palmdale ranks 648 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 37.58 sq mi Very High, 4.67 sq mi High, 31.14 sq mi Moderate, out of 106.37 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 39.7% is 7.3 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $435,300 is 44% below the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 38 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is HAWK in 2025. By decade: 1960s: 1, 1970s: 4, 1980s: 14, 1990s: 8, 2000s: 5, 2010s: 4, 2020s: 3. Seismic maps cover Palmdale with fault zone 6.5%, liquefaction 8.5%, landslide 7.4%.
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 Palmdale
The state record shows 39 since 1950. The largest was CROWN in 2010 (12,582 acres in total).
- HAWK (2025), 480 acres
- BARREL (2022), 8 acres
- RAYBURN (2020), 12 acres
- STONE (2018), 1,351 acres
- HILLSIDE (2012), 885 acres
- BOUQUET (2012), 9 acres
- CROWN (2010), 12,582 acres
- EMMA (2007), 172 acres
- PALMDALE (2005), 140 acres
- HAUSER (2003), 2,039 acres
- SHANNON (2002), 299 acres
- LEONA (2002), 4,904 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Palmdale touches the Palmdale, Ritter Ridge, Sleepy Valley maps.
Nearby places compared
- Desert View Highlands, 3.4 mi east: 4.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $321,400
- Leona Valley, 4.4 mi northwest: 86.2% High or Very High, 22 fires, median home $668,000
- Quartz Hill, 4.6 mi north: 6.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $455,500
- Acton, 6.4 mi south: 97.2% High or Very High, 30 fires, median home $695,300
- Agua Dulce, 7.9 mi southwest: 94.1% High or Very High, 25 fires, median home $907,600
- Lancaster, 8.4 mi northeast: 31.8% High or Very High, 34 fires, median home $409,100
- Elizabeth Lake, 10.3 mi northwest: 95.0% High or Very High, 17 fires, median home $381,500
- Green Valley, 10.9 mi west: 16.0% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $369,600
- Littlerock, 13.9 mi east: 78.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $345,700
- Sun Village, 14.9 mi east: 7.2% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $348,100
- Lake Hughes, 15.3 mi northwest: 50.8% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $519,400
- Rosamond, 19.3 mi north: 0.0% High or Very High, 11 fires, median home $330,100