El Dorado Hills, CA
El Dorado Hills, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, El Dorado Hills lands at the 97th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 18,637 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 El Dorado Hills at the 96th percentile, close to its 97th-percentile risk score.
El Dorado Hills's building exposure, zone by zone
Of El Dorado Hills's 18,637 counted buildings, 35.6% carry Direct exposure and only 30.7% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first. At 18,637 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
El Dorado Hills against the rest of the country
El Dorado Hills ranks lower within California (79th percentile statewide) than its 97th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, El Dorado Hills ranks 935 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 762 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 326 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in El Dorado Hills
Because El Dorado Hills 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 El Dorado Hills
With 35.6% of El Dorado Hills 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 El Dorado Hills's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 18,637 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for El Dorado Hills. The exposure-zones guide covers what El Dorado Hills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.