Clarksburg, CA
Clarksburg, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Clarksburg at the 58th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 309 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clarksburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
70.9% of Clarksburg's 309 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 29.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Clarksburg compares
Inside California, Clarksburg sits at just the 16th percentile even though it scores 58th 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, Clarksburg ranks 13,353 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,383 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,326 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clarksburg
Because Clarksburg 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 70.9% of Clarksburg outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Clarksburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clarksburg's 13,353-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clarksburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.