Crestline, CA
Crestline, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Crestline at the 100th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 4,614 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Crestline at the 99th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
65.5% of Crestline's 4,614 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 3,021 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 34.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.1% are Minimal.
Crestline against the rest of the country
Crestline scores 100th 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, Crestline ranks 148 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,686 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 92 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Crestline and the insurance market
Because Crestline 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 65.5% of Crestline 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 Crestline's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,614 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Crestline. The exposure-zones guide covers what Crestline's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.