Boulevard, CA
Boulevard, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Boulevard at the 99th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 318 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Boulevard's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 98th percentile nationally.
Where Boulevard's buildings actually sit
318 buildings are counted in Boulevard, and 99.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Boulevard against the rest of the country
Boulevard scores 99th nationally and 87th 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, Boulevard ranks 432 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,143 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 202 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
Because Boulevard 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Boulevard (99.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Boulevard's 99th-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 Boulevard, see the exposure-zones guide.