The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has announced the following evacuation warnings and orders for high-risk areas in Sierra Madre due to storm debris flows over the Eaton Fire burn scar and flash flooding in the local mountains.
The evacuation order boundaries are, roughly, the following:
- South: West Carter Avenue / East Grand View Avenue
- East: Santa Anita Avenue / Santa Anita Canyon Road
- North: Baily Canyon Wilderness Park / Sierra Madre Debris Basin
- West: North Sunnyside Avenue
UPDATE: The evacuation zone is closed to public access.
Residents should anticipate minor to moderate flooding and mud / debris flows.
No street parking is allowed in the affected areas. Parking on all other streets in Sierra Madre is permissible. Overnight parking restrictions are paused on all streets that are NOT in the Evacuation Warning or Evacuation Order areas.
These orders are in effect from 7:00 AM on Wednesday, March 12th through 6:00 PM on Thursday, March 13th, 2025.
Continually updated status for the following warning and evacuation zones is available on the Genasys Protect Web site:
Evacuation Warning:
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E011-D
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E013-A
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E014-A
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E015
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E016
Evacuation Orders:
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E001
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E002A
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E002B
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E002C
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E003
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E004
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E005
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E006-A
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E006-B
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E007
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E008
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E009
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E010-A
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E010-B
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E011-A
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E011-B
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E011-C
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E012-A
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E012-B
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E012-C
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E011-D
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E013-B
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E014-B
- US-CA-XLA-SMD-E019
Evacuation Points
Arcadia Sandbag Location
79 W Orange Grove Ave, Arcadia, CA, 91006
ARC Shelter East Gym
26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, CA 91355
LA Equestrian Center Large Animal Shelter
480 Riverside Dr, Burbank, CA 91506
Sand Bags
Sierra Madre Music
280 W Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre, CA, 91024
Sand Bags at City Yards
City Yards, 587 E Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre, CA, 91024
For general safety information visit the following Web sites:
City of Sierra Madre
https://www.sierramadreca.gov
Los Angeles County Eaton Fire Emergency
https://lacounty.gov/emergency
Los Angeles County Fire Department
https://fire.lacounty.gov/home-safety-tips
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