Contra Costa Centre, CA
Contra Costa Centre wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Contra Costa Centre lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 804 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Contra Costa Centre at the 52nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Contra Costa Centre's buildings actually sit
Most of Contra Costa Centre's buildings (80.4% of 804) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Contra Costa Centre compares
Contra Costa Centre ranks lower within California (11th percentile statewide) than its 50th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Contra Costa Centre ranks 15,685 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,595 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,404 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Contra Costa Centre
Contra Costa Centre 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 50th-percentile score like Contra Costa Centre's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 80.4% of Contra Costa Centre 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 804 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Contra Costa Centre. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Contra Costa Centre, see the exposure-zones guide.