Anderson, CA
Anderson wildfire risk explained
Anderson's 4,410 buildings earn a 97th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Anderson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
Anderson's building exposure, zone by zone
50.7% of Anderson's 4,410 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 15.6% Direct and 33.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Anderson against the rest of the country
Anderson's 97th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 78th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 18 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Anderson ranks 1,061 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,872 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 338 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Anderson
Anderson's 97th-percentile score lands in California, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. California's surplus-lines homeowners market passed 300,000 policies for the first time in 2025, driven by carriers pulling back from wildfire-exposed areas statewide. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Hardening a home in Anderson
Because 50.7% of Anderson's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Anderson's 97th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Anderson, see the exposure-zones guide.