Dustin Acres, CA
Dustin Acres, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dustin Acres sits at the 83rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 527 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dustin Acres's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 85th percentile nationally.
Where Dustin Acres's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 64% of Dustin Acres's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 36.1% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 337 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Dustin Acres ranks
Dustin Acres's 83rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 46th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 38 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dustin Acres ranks 5,222 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,903 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 852 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Dustin Acres and the insurance market
Because Dustin Acres 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 Dustin Acres
With 64% of Dustin Acres 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.
More on how this number was built
Dustin Acres's 83rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dustin Acres, see the exposure-zones guide.