Bradbury, CA
Bradbury, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bradbury lands at the 89th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 762 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bradbury at the 87th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bradbury's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 59.7% of Bradbury's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 40.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 455 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Bradbury compares
Bradbury's 89th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 59th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 30 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bradbury ranks 3,393 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,990 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 638 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Bradbury and the insurance market
Bradbury's 89th-percentile score lands in California, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. California's surplus-lines homeowners market passed 300,000 policies for the first time in 2025, driven by carriers pulling back from wildfire-exposed areas statewide. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 59.7% of Bradbury 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
Bradbury's 89th-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 Bradbury, see the exposure-zones guide.