Calabasas, CA
Calabasas, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Calabasas at the 98th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 7,598 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Calabasas's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
Where Calabasas's buildings actually sit
7,598 buildings are counted in Calabasas, and 80.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal. At 7,598 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Calabasas compares
Calabasas ranks lower within California (81st percentile statewide) than its 98th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Calabasas ranks 775 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,251 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 297 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
Calabasas 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 98th-percentile score like Calabasas's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Calabasas
Calabasas's 80.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Calabasas's figures come from
Calabasas's 98th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Calabasas's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.