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1308 Orchard Ave, Los Angeles, APN 5056-004-025
A 12,453 sq ft lot at 1308 Orchard Ave in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County (APN 5056-004-025). The county lists it as vacant, but satellite imagery from November 2025 shows a building on it. It is not in a CAL FIRE hazard zone and outside the FEMA flood zone (zone X). The ground is flat, about 1% slope. It is zoned C2-1VL-CPIO (commercial - adp, c1, c1.5, c2, c4, c5, cr, cw, lased, wc) by City of Los Angeles. It is assessed at $4,512,478, with a yearly tax bill of $57,188. Property taxes are not in default.
Risk Assessment
Flood
Zone X; nearest 1% a year flood zone (AE) 0.6 mi southeast
Outside flood zone
Low Risk
Fire
High fire zone 2.2 mi northeast
None
Low Risk
Past Fires
CAL FIRE perimeters since 1878
None mapped
Low Risk
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
10,900kWh a year
1,815 kWh per kW of panels
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
Urban land-Montebello complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes
Mapped as built-over land mixed with Montebello soil (about 20% of the area), which is shown here.
- Water
- Water soaks in and drains readily
- Farming without irrigation
- Class 3 of 8: Crops possible, with real limits, limited by erosion.
- Building a house (no basement)
- Somewhat limited · shrink-swell
- Septic system
- Somewhat limited · slow water movement
- Farmland
- Prime farmland if irrigated
Typical layers for the main soil mapped in this area by the USDA soil survey (CA696, 1:24,000), shaded by texture. Your lot may differ: get a soil or percolation test before you buy to build.
Climate
Hottest
82°F
Aug highs
Coldest
48°F
Dec lows
Rain
14.9in/yr
mostly Jan–Apr
Spend a year here and summer stays mild, around 82°F at its warmest; winter nights rarely freeze (48°F lows in December); most of the 14.9 inches of rain a year falls Jan–Apr.
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
- 5056-004-025
- Area
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- Zoning
- C2-1VL-CPIO · Commercial - ADP, C1, C1.5, C2, C4, C5, CR, CW, LASED, WC
- Assessor Use
- Commercial (100V)
Taxes
- Land
- $1,325,146
- Improvements
- $3,187,332
- Tax Status
- Current
- Yearly Tax Bill
- $57,188
From the LA County Treasurer and Tax Collector's rolls, checked Oct 21, 2026.
Tax Assessment History
The assessment jumped past the 2% a year limit in 2019, which usually means the lot sold or was built on, or a temporary value cut was being restored. Assessed values are not market prices.
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| Year | Land | Building | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,299,163 | $3,124,836 | $4,423,999 |
| 2024 | $1,273,690 | $3,063,565 | $4,337,255 |
| 2023 | $1,248,716 | $3,003,496 | $4,252,212 |
| 2022 | $1,224,232 | $2,944,604 | $4,168,836 |
| 2021 | $1,200,228 | $2,886,867 | $4,087,095 |
| 2020 | $1,187,922 | $1,079,831 | $2,267,753 |
| 2019 | $1,164,630 | $1,058,658 | $2,223,288 |
| 2018 | $1,141,795 | $0 | $1,141,795 |
| 2017 | $1,119,407 | $0 | $1,119,407 |
| 2016 | $1,097,458 | $0 | $1,097,458 |
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Official record: county assessor