East Quincy, CA
East Quincy, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, East Quincy lands at the 98th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,597 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Quincy's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
East Quincy's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in East Quincy (69.8% of 1,597 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 30.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Where East Quincy ranks
There's little gap between East Quincy's 98th national percentile and its 85th percentile inside California, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Quincy ranks 557 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,778 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 238 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
East Quincy and the insurance market
East Quincy's 98th-percentile score lands in California, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. California's surplus-lines homeowners market passed 300,000 policies for the first time in 2025, driven by carriers pulling back from wildfire-exposed areas statewide. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Hardening a home in East Quincy
East Quincy's 69.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where East Quincy's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Quincy's 557-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Quincy's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.