California Polytechnic State University, CA
California Polytechnic State University, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts California Polytechnic State University at the 96th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 395 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks California Polytechnic State University at the 97th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
California Polytechnic State University's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in California Polytechnic State University (65.1% of 395 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 34.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where California Polytechnic State University ranks
Inside California, California Polytechnic State University sits at just the 77th percentile even though it scores 96th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, California Polytechnic State University ranks 1,221 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,314 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 363 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
California Polytechnic State University and the insurance market
California Polytechnic State University's 96th-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
Because 65.1% of California Polytechnic State University's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where California Polytechnic State University's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 395 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for California Polytechnic State University. The exposure-zones guide covers what California Polytechnic State University's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.