Benton Park, CA
Benton Park, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Benton Park sits at the 44th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,169 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Benton Park at the 47th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
98.8% of Benton Park's 2,169 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Benton Park against the rest of the country
Benton Park's 44th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 7th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 37 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Benton Park ranks 17,670 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,021 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,458 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Benton Park and the insurance market
Benton Park 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 44th-percentile score like Benton Park's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With 98.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Benton Park gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Benton Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,169 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Benton Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Benton Park's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.