Friant, CA
Friant, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Friant lands at the 93rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 330 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Friant at the 95th percentile, close to its 93rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 50.6% of Friant's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 49.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 167 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Friant compares
Inside California, Friant sits at just the 68th percentile even though it scores 93rd 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, Friant ranks 2,322 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,813 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 508 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Friant
Because Friant 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Friant (50.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Friant's 93rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Friant, see the exposure-zones guide.