Goodyears Bar, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Goodyears Bar sits at the 100th 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 57 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Goodyears Bar's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 100th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Goodyears Bar's 57 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 57 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Goodyears Bar ranks
Goodyears Bar scores 100th nationally and 100th 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, Goodyears Bar ranks 6 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,736 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 6 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Goodyears Bar
Because Goodyears Bar 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.
Hardening a home in Goodyears Bar
Goodyears Bar's 100% 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 Goodyears Bar's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Goodyears Bar's 6-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Goodyears Bar's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.