Auberry, CA
Auberry, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Auberry's 2,756 buildings earn a 98th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Auberry at the 98th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
Where Auberry's buildings actually sit
97.9% of Auberry's 2,756 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,698 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 2.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Auberry against the rest of the country
Auberry scores 98th nationally and 84th 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, Auberry ranks 591 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,838 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 248 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Auberry 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 98th-percentile score like Auberry's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Auberry
Because Direct exposure dominates in Auberry (97.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Auberry's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Auberry's 591-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Auberry's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.