Calexico, CA
Calexico, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Calexico sits at the 49th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 9,082 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 Calexico at the 52nd percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Calexico's building exposure, zone by zone
82.6% of Calexico's 9,082 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 9,082 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Calexico against the rest of the country
Calexico's 49th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 10th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 39 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Calexico ranks 15,935 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,825 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,411 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 Calexico 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.
Hardening a home in Calexico
With 82.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Calexico gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Calexico's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Calexico's 15,935-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Calexico's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.