Camanche Village, CA
How exposed is Camanche Village to wildfire?
Camanche Village sits at the 88th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 518 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 Camanche Village at the 91st percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
Camanche Village's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Camanche Village: 99.8% of its 518 buildings, versus 0.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Camanche Village compares
Camanche Village's 88th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 57th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Camanche Village ranks 3,709 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,049 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 671 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 Camanche Village 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 Camanche Village
Because Direct exposure dominates in Camanche Village (99.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Camanche Village's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Camanche Village's 3,709-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Camanche Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.