Guinda, CA
Guinda, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Guinda sits at the 99th 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 293 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Guinda at the 99th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Guinda's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Guinda: 92.5% of its 293 buildings, versus 7.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Guinda against the rest of the country
Guinda's risk sits at a similar level relative to California (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Guinda ranks 213 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 121 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Guinda
Because Guinda 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 92.5% of Guinda in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Guinda's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Guinda's 213-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Guinda's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.