Monrovia Peak Fire

Wildfire in Los Angeles County, December 1953

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/1277/monrovia-peak-fire-1953

Key facts

Started December 27, 1953
Contained Not recorded
Burned 14,061 acres
6th largest fire of 1953
Cause Not recorded
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Where it burned

County

  1. Los Angeles County 14,059 acres

Communities

  1. Monrovia 2,790 acres
  2. Sierra Madre 410 acres
  3. Arcadia 191 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1900 Big Fire 16,961 acres in total 8,253 acres shared
  2. 1909 Unnamed fire 103 acres shared
  3. 1910 Unnamed fire 102 acres shared
  4. 1910 Unnamed fire 488 acres in total 92 acres shared
  5. 1911 Unnamed fire 324 acres in total 202 acres shared
  6. 1924 San Gabriel Fire 43,050 acres in total 2,193 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 1954 Monrovia Peak Fire 13,754 acres shared
  2. 1957 Gale Fire 24,708 acres in total 362 acres shared
  3. 1958 Unnamed fire 13,944 acres in total 1,961 acres shared
  4. 1961 Unnamed fire 922 acres in total 322 acres shared
  5. 1968 Canyon Inn Fire 19,056 acres in total 160 acres shared
  6. 1969 Bole Fire 715 acres shared
  7. 1975 Lannen Fire 160 acres in total 155 acres shared
  8. 1978 Mountain Trail Fire 1,295 acres in total 798 acres shared
  9. 1993 Kinneloa Fire 5,454 acres in total 893 acres shared
  10. 1999 Santa Anita Ii Fire Cause: Miscellaneous 736 acres shared
  11. 2008 Santa Anita Fire 557 acres in total 502 acres shared
  12. 2009 Station Fire 160,833 acres in total · Cause: Arson 265 acres shared
  13. 2020 Bobcat Fire 115,998 acres in total 11,022 acres shared
  14. 2025 Eaton Fire 14,056 acres in total 2,890 acres shared

And 20 more fires that burned less of the same land. Acres are the land each fire shares with the Monrovia Peak Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data