Corralitos, CA
Corralitos wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Corralitos at the 82nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,713 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Corralitos at the 83rd percentile, close to its 82nd-percentile risk score.
Corralitos's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Corralitos: 89.1% of its 1,713 buildings, versus 6.5% Indirect and 4.4% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Corralitos ranks
Corralitos ranks lower within California (43rd percentile statewide) than its 82nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Corralitos ranks 5,763 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,374 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 895 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
Corralitos 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 82nd-percentile score like Corralitos's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Corralitos (89.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,713 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Corralitos. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Corralitos, see the exposure-zones guide.