Foresthill, CA
Foresthill, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Foresthill sits at the 99th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 856 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Foresthill at the 99th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Foresthill's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Foresthill: 84.4% of its 856 buildings, versus 15.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Foresthill ranks
Foresthill scores 99th nationally and 93rd within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Foresthill ranks 183 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,116 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 104 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Foresthill
Foresthill 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 99th-percentile score like Foresthill's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With 84.4% of Foresthill 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 Foresthill's figures come from
Foresthill's 99th-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 Foresthill's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.