Centerville (Fresno), CA
Centerville (Fresno), CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Centerville (Fresno) 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 323 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Centerville (Fresno)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 91st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 95.1% of Centerville (Fresno)'s buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 4% Indirect share and far above its 0.9% Minimal share — a profile where 307 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Centerville (Fresno) against the rest of the country
Inside California, Centerville (Fresno) sits at just the 58th percentile even though it scores 88th 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, Centerville (Fresno) ranks 3,645 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,999 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 664 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
Centerville (Fresno)'s 88th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 95.1% of Centerville (Fresno) 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Centerville (Fresno)'s 3,645-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Centerville (Fresno), see the exposure-zones guide.