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Is Topanga in a fire hazard severity zone?
98.0% of Topanga is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 98.0% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Topanga ranks 149 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 18.74 sq mi Very High, out of 19.13 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 98.0% is 65.6 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $1,643,000 is 110% above the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 4 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is PALISADES in 2025. By decade: 1950s: 6, 1960s: 5, 1970s: 7, 1980s: 6, 1990s: 2, 2000s: 2, 2010s: 16, 2020s: 3. Seismic maps cover Topanga with liquefaction 2.4%, landslide 62.6%.
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 Topanga
The state record shows 47 since 1950. The largest was WRIGHT in 1970 (28,202 acres in total).
- PALISADES (2025), 23,449 acres
- TUNA (2021), 5 acres
- TOPANGA (2020), 7 acres
- TOPANGA 2 (2019), 4 acres
- SANTA MARIA (2018), 1 acres
- TOPANGA (2017), 20 acres
- MEDLEY (2017), 0 acres
- SKYLINE (2017), 0 acres
- TOPANGA (2016), 1 acres
- TUNA (2015), 1 acres
- TOPANGA CYN (2015), 0 acres
- GRAND VIEW (2015), 0 acres
Nearby places compared
- Calabasas, 4.0 mi northwest: 96.3% High or Very High, 38 fires, median home $1,453,900
- Hidden Hills, 5.5 mi northwest: 84.9% High or Very High, 10 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Pepperdine University, 6.6 mi southwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $763,900
- Bell Canyon, 9.1 mi northwest: 100.0% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Santa Monica, 9.1 mi southeast: 7.5% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,810,200
- Agoura Hills, 9.5 mi northwest: 85.9% High or Very High, 27 fires, median home $1,072,200
- Oak Park, 10.9 mi northwest: 80.7% High or Very High, 8 fires, median home $1,017,100
- Malibu, 11.4 mi west: 91.9% High or Very High, 40 fires, median home $2,000,001
- Santa Susana, 11.7 mi north: 100.0% High or Very High, 12 fires, median home $697,200
- Beverly Hills, 11.8 mi east: 45.7% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $2,000,001
- Westlake Village, 12.3 mi west: 77.6% High or Very High, 14 fires, median home $1,212,800
- Marina del Rey, 12.6 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $470,600