How exposed is Green Valley (Los Angeles) to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Green Valley (Los Angeles) at the 100th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 791 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Green Valley (Los Angeles) at the 100th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Green Valley (Los Angeles)'s building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 78.5% of Green Valley (Los Angeles)'s buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 21.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 621 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Green Valley (Los Angeles) against the rest of the country
Green Valley (Los Angeles) 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, Green Valley (Los Angeles) ranks 7 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,717 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 7 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Green Valley (Los Angeles)
Green Valley (Los Angeles)'s 100th-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.
Hardening a home in Green Valley (Los Angeles)
Because Direct exposure dominates in Green Valley (Los Angeles) (78.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Green Valley (Los Angeles)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Green Valley (Los Angeles)'s 7-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Green Valley (Los Angeles)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.