Denair, CA
Denair, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Denair lands at the 72nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,019 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Denair at the 71st national percentile — 1 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
Most of Denair's buildings (81.8% of 2,019) 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.
Where Denair ranks
Inside California, Denair sits at just the 30th percentile even though it scores 72nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Denair ranks 8,846 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,420 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,100 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Denair and the insurance market
Because Denair 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.
Hardening a home in Denair
Even with 81.8% of Denair 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
Denair's 72nd-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 Denair, see the exposure-zones guide.