Canby, CA
Canby wildfire risk explained
Canby's 244 buildings earn a 94th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Canby's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Canby: 50.4% of its 244 buildings, versus 49.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Canby compares
Inside California, Canby sits at just the 72nd percentile even though it scores 94th 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, Canby ranks 1,752 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,322 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 436 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Canby
Because Canby 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Canby's 50.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Canby's figures come from
Canby's 94th-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 Canby's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.