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Is South Pasadena in a fire hazard severity zone?
32.8% of South Pasadena is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 25.1% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
South Pasadena ranks 770 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.59 sq mi Very High, 0.27 sq mi High, 0.26 sq mi Moderate, out of 3.42 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 25.1% is 7.3 points below the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $1,545,100 is 97% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 49 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is (unnamed) in 1974. By decade: 1970s: 1. Seismic maps cover South Pasadena with fault zone 8.5%, liquefaction 6.0%, landslide 3.2%.
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 South Pasadena
The state record shows 1 since 1950. The largest was (unnamed) in 1974 (4 acres in total).
- (unnamed) (1974), 4 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
South Pasadena touches the Los Angeles map.
Nearby places compared
- Alhambra, 2.4 mi southeast: 0.3% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $812,700
- San Marino, 2.8 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $2,000,001
- San Pasqual, 3.7 mi northeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,209,200
- San Gabriel, 3.7 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $899,000
- East San Gabriel, 4.3 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $955,000
- Monterey Park, 4.4 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $818,300
- East Pasadena, 5.0 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,002,700
- Pasadena, 5.1 mi north: 30.4% High or Very High, 15 fires, median home $1,045,000
- Rosemead, 5.1 mi southeast: 0.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $729,600
- East Los Angeles, 5.4 mi south: 0.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $613,600
- South San Gabriel, 5.7 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $655,400
- Altadena, 5.7 mi north: 39.2% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $1,073,500