Foothill Farms, CA
Foothill Farms wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Foothill Farms at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 9,495 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Foothill Farms's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
Where Foothill Farms's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 99.4% of Foothill Farms's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 0.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 9,495 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Foothill Farms compares
Foothill Farms ranks lower within California (9th percentile statewide) than its 46th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Foothill Farms ranks 16,916 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,715 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,437 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Foothill Farms
Because Foothill Farms 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 99.4% of Foothill Farms outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Foothill Farms's figures come from
Foothill Farms's 46th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Foothill Farms's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.