Boronda, CA
Boronda, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Boronda sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 609 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Boronda at the 4th percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 5.3% of Boronda's 609 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 94.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Boronda compares
Boronda's risk sits at a similar level relative to California (0th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boronda ranks 30,750 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,699 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,570 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Boronda
Because Boronda 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 94.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Boronda gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Boronda's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 609 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Boronda. The exposure-zones guide covers what Boronda's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.