Avery, CA
Avery, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Avery at the 100th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 278 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Avery at the 100th percentile, close to its 100th-percentile risk score.
Avery's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Avery: 80.6% of its 278 buildings, versus 19.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Avery compares
Avery scores 100th nationally and 95th 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, Avery ranks 116 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,252 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 73 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Avery
Because Avery 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.
Hardening a home in Avery
Because Direct exposure dominates in Avery (80.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Avery's figures come from
Avery'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 Avery's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.