Amador Pines, CA
How exposed is Amador Pines to wildfire?
USFS scores Amador Pines at the 100th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,105 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Amador Pines at the 100th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Amador Pines's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Amador Pines's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,105 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Amador Pines compares
Amador Pines scores 100th nationally and 96th within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Amador Pines ranks 85 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,249 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 49 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Amador Pines
Amador Pines 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 100th-percentile score like Amador Pines's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Amador Pines
Because Direct exposure dominates in Amador Pines (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Amador Pines's figures come from
Amador Pines's 100th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Amador Pines's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.