Floriston, CA
How exposed is Floriston to wildfire?
Floriston's 47 buildings earn a 99th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Floriston at the 99th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Floriston's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 53.2% of Floriston's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 46.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 25 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Floriston compares
Floriston's risk sits at a similar level relative to California (93rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Floriston ranks 182 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,993 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 103 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Floriston's 99th-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 Floriston
With 53.2% of Floriston 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 Floriston's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Floriston's 182-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Floriston's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.