Bieber, CA
How exposed is Bieber to wildfire?
Bieber's 440 buildings earn a 91st-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 Bieber at the 93rd percentile, close to its 91st-percentile risk score.
Bieber's building exposure, zone by zone
62.3% of Bieber's 440 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 274 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 37.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Bieber against the rest of the country
Bieber ranks lower within California (63rd percentile statewide) than its 91st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bieber ranks 2,887 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,449 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 577 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Bieber and the insurance market
Bieber 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 91st-percentile score like Bieber's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With 62.3% of Bieber in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Bieber's 91st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bieber, see the exposure-zones guide.