Goodmanville, CA
Goodmanville wildfire risk explained
Goodmanville's 111 buildings earn a 88th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Goodmanville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Goodmanville's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Goodmanville: 96.4% of its 111 buildings, versus 3.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Goodmanville against the rest of the country
Goodmanville's 88th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 57th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goodmanville ranks 3,680 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,574 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 667 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Goodmanville
Goodmanville's 88th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 96.4% of Goodmanville 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 111 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Goodmanville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Goodmanville, see the exposure-zones guide.