Del Rey, CA
Del Rey, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Del Rey at the 74th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 589 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Del Rey's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 74th percentile nationally.
Del Rey's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 88.3% of Del Rey's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 11.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Del Rey against the rest of the country
Del Rey's 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 31st ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 42 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Del Rey ranks 8,341 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,971 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,079 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Del Rey
Del Rey 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 74th-percentile score like Del Rey's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Del Rey
With 88.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Del Rey gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Del Rey's 74th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Del Rey, see the exposure-zones guide.