Cleone, CA
How exposed is Cleone to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Cleone lands at the 62nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 493 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cleone at the 62nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cleone's buildings actually sit
80.3% of Cleone's 493 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 396 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 19.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Cleone ranks
Inside California, Cleone sits at just the 20th percentile even though it scores 62nd 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, Cleone ranks 12,122 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,468 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,264 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
Cleone 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 62nd-percentile score like Cleone's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Cleone
Because Direct exposure dominates in Cleone (80.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cleone's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 493 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cleone. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cleone's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.