Canyondam, CA
Canyondam, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Canyondam at the 95th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 43 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Canyondam at the 96th percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
Canyondam's building exposure, zone by zone
43 buildings are counted in Canyondam, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Canyondam against the rest of the country
Inside California, Canyondam sits at just the 75th percentile even though it scores 95th 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, Canyondam ranks 1,470 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,093 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 395 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
Canyondam 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 95th-percentile score like Canyondam's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Canyondam in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Canyondam's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 43 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Canyondam. The exposure-zones guide covers what Canyondam's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.