Armona, CA
Armona, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Armona sits at the 69th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,530 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Armona at the 68th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 84.8% of Armona's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 15.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Armona ranks
Armona ranks lower within California (26th percentile statewide) than its 69th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Armona ranks 9,887 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,034 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,161 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Armona
Because Armona is in California, a wildfire-hazard disclosure is legally required before a sale closes here — unusual nationally, since only these two states mandate it. The state's FAIR Plan alone carried 668,609 policies by the end of 2025. Full detail in the disclosure-law guide.
What would actually reduce this score
Armona's 84.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Armona's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Armona's 9,887-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Armona's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.