Adelanto, CA
Adelanto, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Adelanto lands at the 64th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 9,413 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Adelanto at the 70th national percentile — 6 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Adelanto rates 64.2% Minimal exposure against just 9.9% Direct and 25.9% Indirect — of 9,413 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 9,413 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Adelanto against the rest of the country
Adelanto ranks lower within California (23rd percentile statewide) than its 64th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Adelanto ranks 11,240 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,735 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,215 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Adelanto and the insurance market
Adelanto sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 64th-percentile score like Adelanto's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Adelanto
With 64.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Adelanto gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Adelanto's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 9,413 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Adelanto. The exposure-zones guide covers what Adelanto's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.