Eaton Fire damage map
Find out if your home or property was damaged in the wildfire.
How to use this map
When a natural disaster like a fire happens, local, state and federal agencies help identify the extent of the damage. The officials who check for damage are trained and follow guidelines to help make sure damage information is consistent and reliable.
This map shows the locations and level of damage by color.
For each address, you can the see following information:
- The type of building
- How affected a building was by the fire (damage status)
- Photo(s) of the building
Other map details
For safety reasons the assessment teams only walk around the outside of the buildings. They don’t go inside to look around.
These damage checks also don’t look at problems caused by wind, smoke, ash, soot, floods or mudslides that may have happened as a result of the fire.
It’s also really hard for the people checking the damage to see everything clearly. Here’s why:
Fire damage and hard-to-reach places: Sometimes, the fire itself makes it dangerous or impossible to get close to all the damaged spots. This means they might miss some things.
Tough terrain: If the land is bumpy, has lots of trees, or a huge area was burned, it’s very tricky to find every single building that got hurt. Because of these problems, a few damaged or destroyed buildings might not be found.
Burned up buildings: When a fire burns everything, it can be hard to tell what kind of building it was. For example, it’s tough to know if a house had one floor or two floors when everything is gone. The teams checking the damage do their best to guess what type of building it was based on what is left.
Homes
FEMA always looks at homes where people live. This includes:
- Houses: These are standalone houses, whether they have one floor or many floors.
- Apartments and condos: These are buildings where many families live, often with shared walls. Duplexes, which are like two homes connected, are also included.
- Manufactured and mobile homes: These are homes that are built in a factory and then moved to a spot. Even if they aren’t on a permanent foundation, FEMA will still check them.
Other important buildings
FEMA also assesses other buildings that are important, even if people don’t live in them. These buildings need to be at least 120 square feet and have a strong foundation, four walls, and a roof. This can include:
- Garages and carports: Places where you park your cars.
Barns and farm buildings: Structures used for farming or storing farm equipment. - Utility buildings: Buildings that protect things like water wells or other important equipment.
- Storage sheds: Larger sheds used for storing things.
Businesses and public buildings
FEMA also looks at buildings that are important for communities and businesses:
- Stores and offices: Places where people shop, or where businesses operate. This includes retail stores, offices, and warehouses.
- Community buildings: Buildings that provide important services to everyone, like schools, fire stations, hospitals and government buildings.
FEMA doesn’t assess every single damaged structure. They focus their efforts on what’s considered essential for a safe place to live or to help a community get back on its feet financially.
- Temporary homes and mobile units: This includes things like tents, RVs, travel trailers used as temporary living spaces, and other mobile homes that aren’t set on a permanent foundation. FEMA’s assistance is typically for homes that are built to stay in one spot.
- Recreational structures: Think of things like gazebos, pergolas (those open structures with a slatted roof), picnic shelters, and outdoor decks that aren’t part of a living area. These are usually for fun and relaxation, not for essential living, so they aren’t part of the official damage inspection.
- Small outbuildings: If a shed or other small building is less than 120 square feet (about the size of a small bedroom), or if it doesn’t have a strong, permanent foundation, four solid walls, and a roof, it usually won’t be included. These are often considered less important for daily living.
- Fences, driveways, and landscaping: Even though these things can get damaged in a disaster, FEMA’s structural assessments don’t cover them. They focus on the main parts of your home or building.
- Swimming pools and hot tubs: These are considered recreational water features, so they are not included in FEMA’s official damage inspections.
Buildings not finished or used: Structures that were still being built (under construction) or were not being actively used (abandoned) when the disaster happened may not be included in the damage assessment. FEMA focuses on helping people restore active living or working spaces.
The damage assessment teams utilize the four categories of damage established in the FIRESCOPE curriculum that an impacted home may fall within:
- Destroyed (>50%),
- Major (26% – 50%),
- Minor (10% – 25%), or Affected (1% – 9%).
A structure with damage affecting less than 1% of its total square footage may be classified as having No Damage.
Contact information
If you have questions about the geographic map, please reach out to gis@ceooem.lacounty.gov
Terms of use
Please note that field damage inspection may be ongoing so this map is preliminary and may be updated periodically as additional information and data are gathered, analyzed, and verified. Please check back regularly for updates.
The County makes no representation or guarantee as to the accuracy or suitability of the information included herein, and any such information may be modified at any time without notice. The information is presented on an “as-is” basis without any warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. The information contained herein is for reference purposes only, and any reliance upon it will be at your own risk. The County is not responsible for any damages that may arise from the use of, or the inability to use, the website and/or the information contained herein.