Coffee Creek, CA
How exposed is Coffee Creek to wildfire?
Coffee Creek's 199 buildings earn a 99th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Coffee Creek at the 100th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
Where Coffee Creek's buildings actually sit
Of Coffee Creek's 199 counted buildings, 95.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Coffee Creek ranks
Coffee Creek scores 99th nationally and 94th within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coffee Creek ranks 181 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,876 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 102 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Coffee Creek
Coffee Creek's 99th-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.
Hardening a home in Coffee Creek
With 95.5% of Coffee Creek 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 Coffee Creek's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Coffee Creek's 181-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Coffee Creek's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.