Fairhaven, CA
How exposed is Fairhaven to wildfire?
USFS scores Fairhaven at the 30th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 156 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fairhaven's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Where Fairhaven's buildings actually sit
Only 15.4% of Fairhaven's 156 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 84.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Fairhaven ranks
Inside California, Fairhaven sits at just the 3rd percentile even though it scores 30th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fairhaven ranks 22,113 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,602 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,525 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fairhaven
Fairhaven's 30th-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 Fairhaven
Fairhaven's 84.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Fairhaven's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fairhaven's 22,113-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fairhaven's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.