Bridgeport, CA
How exposed is Bridgeport to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bridgeport lands at the 98th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 549 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bridgeport at the 98th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
Bridgeport's building exposure, zone by zone
549 buildings are counted in Bridgeport, and 52.5% 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.
Where Bridgeport ranks
Bridgeport scores 98th nationally and 83rd 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, Bridgeport ranks 621 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,577 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 257 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
Bridgeport's 98th-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.
Hardening a home in Bridgeport
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bridgeport (52.5%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bridgeport's 621-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bridgeport, see the exposure-zones guide.