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Is Pasadena in a fire hazard severity zone?
34.0% of Pasadena is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 30.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Pasadena ranks 721 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 6.52 sq mi Very High, 0.51 sq mi High, 0.84 sq mi Moderate, out of 23.12 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 30.4% is 2.0 points below the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $1,045,000 is 33% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 47 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is EATON in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 3, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 3, 1980s: 2, 1990s: 3, 2000s: 1, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Pasadena with fault zone 1.8%, liquefaction 10.5%, landslide 6.1%.
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 Pasadena
The state record shows 15 since 1950. The largest was STATION in 2009 (160,833 acres in total).
- EATON (2025), 14,056 acres
- STATION (2009), 160,833 acres
- KINNELOA (1993), 5,453 acres
- (unnamed) (1991), 27 acres
- (unnamed) (1990), 15 acres
- FLINTRIDGE (1986), 85 acres
- CREST (1984), 606 acres
- (unnamed) (1979), 4 acres
- PINECREST/USFS (1979), 5,306 acres
- MOUNTAIN TRAIL (1978), 1,295 acres
- (unnamed) (1964), 1,458 acres
- (unnamed) (1961), 922 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Pasadena touches the Los Angeles, Mount Wilson, Pasadena maps.
Nearby places compared
- Altadena, 2.1 mi east: 39.2% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $1,073,500
- La Cañada Flintridge, 2.3 mi northwest: 99.1% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Glendale, 4.2 mi west: 72.4% High or Very High, 36 fires, median home $1,043,900
- La Crescenta-Montrose, 4.8 mi northwest: 84.1% High or Very High, 5 fires, median home $1,151,100
- San Pasqual, 5.1 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,209,200
- South Pasadena, 5.1 mi south: 25.1% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,545,100
- San Marino, 5.7 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- East Pasadena, 6.4 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,002,700
- East San Gabriel, 7.0 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $955,000
- Sierra Madre, 7.1 mi east: 62.4% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $1,172,200
- Alhambra, 7.3 mi south: 0.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $812,700
- San Gabriel, 7.7 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $899,000