Esparto, CA
How exposed is Esparto to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Esparto at the 92nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,383 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Esparto's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
Where Esparto's buildings actually sit
Most of Esparto's buildings (38%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Esparto against the rest of the country
Esparto ranks lower within California (66th percentile statewide) than its 92nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Esparto ranks 2,639 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,696 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 545 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Esparto
Because Esparto 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Esparto (38% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Esparto's 92nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Esparto, see the exposure-zones guide.