East Richmond Heights, CA
East Richmond Heights wildfire risk explained
USFS scores East Richmond Heights at the 80th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,597 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 Richmond Heights at the 81st 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
USFS puts 92.3% of East Richmond Heights's 1,597 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 7.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where East Richmond Heights ranks
East Richmond Heights ranks lower within California (40th percentile statewide) than its 80th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Richmond Heights ranks 6,419 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,779 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 943 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Richmond Heights
East Richmond Heights's 80th-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 Richmond Heights
East Richmond Heights's 92.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,597 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for East Richmond Heights. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond East Richmond Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.