East Oakdale, CA
East Oakdale, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores East Oakdale at the 90th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 2,077 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East Oakdale at the 91st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67.9% of East Oakdale's 2,077 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,411 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 31.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.1% are Minimal.
How East Oakdale compares
East Oakdale's 90th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 62nd ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Oakdale ranks 3,076 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,263 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 596 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Oakdale
Because East Oakdale 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 East Oakdale
With 67.9% of East Oakdale 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Oakdale's 3,076-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond East Oakdale, see the exposure-zones guide.