Eucalyptus Hills, CA
Eucalyptus Hills, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Eucalyptus Hills lands at the 97th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 2,482 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Eucalyptus Hills at the 97th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Eucalyptus Hills's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 71.3% of Eucalyptus Hills's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 28.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,770 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Eucalyptus Hills against the rest of the country
Eucalyptus Hills ranks lower within California (81st 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, Eucalyptus Hills ranks 808 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,330 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 303 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Eucalyptus Hills
Eucalyptus Hills sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 97th-percentile score like Eucalyptus Hills's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Eucalyptus Hills's 71.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Eucalyptus Hills's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Eucalyptus Hills's 808-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Eucalyptus Hills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.