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Is Sierra Madre in a fire hazard severity zone?
69.3% of Sierra Madre is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 62.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Sierra Madre ranks 466 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 1.62 sq mi Very High, 0.22 sq mi High, 0.20 sq mi Moderate, out of 2.95 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 62.4% is 30.0 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $1,172,200 is 50% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 26 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is EATON in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 3, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 5, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2020s: 1. Seismic maps cover Sierra Madre with fault zone 43.9%, liquefaction 1.0%, 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 Sierra Madre
The state record shows 15 since 1950. The largest was MONROVIA PEAK in 1953 (14,061 acres in total).
- EATON (2025), 14,056 acres
- SANTA ANITA (2008), 557 acres
- SANTA ANITA (2002), 28 acres
- SANTA ANITA II (1999), 736 acres
- KINNELOA (1993), 5,453 acres
- (unnamed) (1979), 4 acres
- MOUNTAIN TRAIL (1978), 1,295 acres
- (unnamed) (1977), 7 acres
- LANNEN (1975), 160 acres
- (unnamed) (1972), 10 acres
- BOLE (1969), 715 acres
- (unnamed) (1961), 922 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Sierra Madre touches the Mount Wilson map.
Nearby places compared
- Arcadia, 2.3 mi south: 11.4% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $1,336,500
- East Pasadena, 2.6 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,002,700
- Monrovia, 3.1 mi southeast: 34.4% High or Very High, 16 fires, median home $891,700
- San Pasqual, 3.7 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,209,200
- East San Gabriel, 4.1 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $955,000
- Mayflower Village, 4.2 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $841,200
- South Monrovia Island, 4.3 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $660,800
- Bradbury, 4.5 mi east: 90.1% High or Very High, 7 fires, median home $1,914,100
- Temple City, 4.6 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $930,200
- San Marino, 4.8 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- North El Monte, 4.9 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $852,600
- Altadena, 5.3 mi west: 39.2% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $1,073,500