East Shore, CA
East Shore, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, East Shore lands at the 98th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 266 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts East Shore at the 97th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
94.4% of East Shore's 266 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 251 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 5.3% are Minimal.
East Shore against the rest of the country
East Shore scores 98th nationally and 86th within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Shore ranks 495 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,624 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 224 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
East Shore and the insurance market
Because East Shore 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 94.4% of East Shore 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.
Where East Shore's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Shore's 495-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Shore's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.