Del Aire, CA
Del Aire, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Del Aire at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 4,122 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Del Aire at the 13th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Del Aire's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Del Aire's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 0% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Del Aire against the rest of the country
Del Aire scores 9th nationally and 1st 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, Del Aire ranks 28,543 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,124 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,562 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Del Aire and the insurance market
Because Del Aire 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Del Aire gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Del Aire's figures come from
Del Aire's 9th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Del Aire's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.