Topanga Canyon

Location: 27 miles North-West from Los Angeles

Population: 8,560 people

Density: 3,750 housing units at a density of 196.0 per square mile

Vegetation

California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion, mostly tangled shrubs and bushes

Majority of the vegetation consists of highly flammable bushes such as Chamise/Greasewood and Juniper

Chamise/Greasewood

Juniper

Map of Camp Fire extent

Paradise, CA after 2018 Camp Fire

Lessons from Past Fires

The Camp Fire in 2018 was the deadliest fire in California history so far. It completely destroyed the city of Paradise, CA and resulted in more than 80 fatalities.

Paradise has a wildfire hazard of 3.81/5.0 compared to Topanga's wildfire hazard of 4.05.

Topanga's evacuation constraint is 250, calculated by comparing the number of households to major exit roads.