Groveland, CA
Groveland, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Groveland at the 100th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 750 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Groveland at the 99th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
750 buildings are counted in Groveland, and 93.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Groveland compares
Groveland scores 100th nationally and 94th 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, Groveland ranks 151 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,119 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 95 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Groveland
Groveland'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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Groveland (93.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 750 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Groveland. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Groveland, see the exposure-zones guide.