Grangeville, CA
Grangeville, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Grangeville's 352 buildings earn a 69th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Grangeville at the 68th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
Grangeville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 77.6% of Grangeville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 22.4% Minimal share — a profile where 273 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Grangeville against the rest of the country
Grangeville's 69th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 27th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 42 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grangeville ranks 9,730 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,257 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,152 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Grangeville
Grangeville 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 69th-percentile score like Grangeville's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Grangeville (77.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Grangeville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Grangeville's 9,730-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Grangeville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.