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28.11-acre lot, Los Angeles, APN 5863-002-300

A 28.11-acre vacant lot in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County (APN 5863-002-300). It burned in the Station Fire (2009), and 2 earlier mapped fires reached it. It is not in a CAL FIRE hazard zone and outside the FEMA flood zone (zone D). It is zoned W (watershed) by Los Angeles County.

Size

28.11ac

1,224,394 sqft

Fire Zone

None

Not in a CAL FIRE zone

Flood Zone

Outside flood zone

Risk Assessment

Very High High Moderate This lot· 2 miles around

Flood

Zone D

Outside flood zone

Moderate Risk

Fire

Very High fire zone 0.3 mi west

None

Low Risk

Past Fires

3 mapped fires since 1934

Station Fire, 2009

Moderate Risk

Some risk

Fire history

19301950197019902010

Burned this lot Within 3 miles (100+ acres)

Station Fire burned this lotAug 2009 · 160,833 acres
Woodwardia Fire burned this lotOct 1959 · 14,403 acres
Brown Mtn No. 29 Fire burned this lotJul 1934 · 3,772 acres
Eaton Fire 0.9 mi E2025 · 14,056 acres
Rafael Fire 2.5 mi SW1999 · 502 acres
Kinneloa Fire 1.8 mi E1993 · 5,453 acres

From CAL FIRE's historic fire perimeters (since 1878), which miss some small and older fires.

From FEMA flood maps and CAL FIRE hazard zones. Maps can lag; confirm with the county before you buy. What the zones mean: flood, fire.

Slope

From USGS elevation data (about 10 m detail), so small banks and retaining walls won't show. Turn on 3D on the map above to see the slopes around it.

Sun

Seen from above: north is up, the rim is the horizon, the middle is straight overhead. Buildings and trees aren't included.

Solar energy

5.4kWh/m² a day

good, coastal-level

A 6 kW home system

10,800kWh a year

1,792 kWh per kW of panels

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Output is for ground-mounted panels at the best tilt; rooftop systems usually make about 10% less. Monthly GHI: PRISM 1991–2020 normals (soltotal), 800 m — PRISM Group, Oregon State University Annual GHI, DNI and PV output: Global Solar Atlas 2.0 — © Solargis, World Bank/ESMAP, CC BY 4.0

Soil

Typic Xerorthents, warm, 55 to 90 percent slopes

Typic Xerorthents soil makes up about 80% of the mapped area.

Gravelly sandy loam0 in–8 in

Very gravelly loamy sand8 in–2.5 ft

Bedrock2.5 ft–3.3 ft

Water: Water drains away very fast; it dries out quickly
Farming without irrigation: Class 7 of 8: Grazing at most, not crops, limited by erosion.
Building a house (no basement): Very limited · slope
Septic system: Very limited · filtering capacity, slope, seepage, bottom layer

Typical layers for the main soil mapped in this area by the USDA soil survey (CA776, 1:24,000), shaded by texture. Your lot may differ: get a soil or percolation test before you buy to build.

Climate

Hottest

90°F

Aug highs

Coldest

46°F

Feb lows

Rain

23.9in/yr

mostly Dec–Mar

Bars: typical daily high and low (°F) Rain (in)

Spend a year here and summer stays mild, around 90°F at its warmest; winter nights rarely freeze (46°F lows in February); most of the 23.9 inches of rain a year falls Dec–Mar.

30-year averages (1991–2020) for this spot from PRISM, Oregon State University, at about 800 m detail. Single years can be much hotter, colder or wetter.

Property Details

APN: 5863-002-300
Area: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Zoning: W · Watershed
Assessor Use: Miscellaneous (800V)

W: Watershed

Watershed protection, mostly undeveloped land.

Building a house: Only with a conditional use permit (public hearing)

From LA County Code Table 22.16.030-B. A summary, not a permit answer: confirm with the Los Angeles County planning department before you buy.

Taxes

Tax Status: Unknown

From the LA County Treasurer and Tax Collector's rolls, checked Oct 21, 2026.

Tax Assessment History

Land Prop 13 limit: +2% a year

The assessment has stayed within the 2% a year limit, so the county hasn't reassessed it for a sale or new building in this period. Assessed values are not market prices.

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