Forestville, CA
Forestville, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Forestville at the 68th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,190 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Forestville at the 68th percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,190 buildings are counted in Forestville, and 67.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1.1% rated Minimal.
Forestville against the rest of the country
Forestville ranks lower within California (25th percentile statewide) than its 68th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forestville ranks 10,235 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,959 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,181 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Forestville
Forestville 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 68th-percentile score like Forestville's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Forestville's 67.4% 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 Forestville's figures come from
Forestville's 68th-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 Forestville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.