Grenada, CA
Grenada wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Grenada at the 91st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 207 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Grenada's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
207 buildings are counted in Grenada, and 73% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 27.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Grenada against the rest of the country
Grenada ranks lower within California (64th percentile statewide) than its 91st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grenada ranks 2,764 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,584 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 562 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Grenada and the insurance market
Grenada's 91st-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 Grenada
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Grenada (73% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Grenada's 91st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Grenada, see the exposure-zones guide.