American Canyon, CA
How exposed is American Canyon to wildfire?
American Canyon's 6,482 buildings earn a 86th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks American Canyon at the 87th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where American Canyon's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in American Canyon (80.5% of 6,482 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 2.1% sit in the Direct zone. At 6,482 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
American Canyon against the rest of the country
American Canyon ranks lower within California (53rd percentile statewide) than its 86th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, American Canyon ranks 4,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,678 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 740 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
American Canyon and the insurance market
American Canyon 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 86th-percentile score like American Canyon's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in American Canyon
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in American Canyon (80.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where American Canyon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,482 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for American Canyon. The exposure-zones guide covers what American Canyon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.