Hayfork, CA
How exposed is Hayfork to wildfire?
USFS scores Hayfork at the 100th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 2,076 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hayfork at the 100th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hayfork's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 90.5% of Hayfork's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 9.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,879 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Hayfork compares
There's little gap between Hayfork's 100th national percentile and its 99th percentile inside California, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hayfork ranks 27 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,266 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 16 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hayfork
Hayfork'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 Hayfork
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hayfork (90.5%), 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 2,076 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hayfork. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hayfork, see the exposure-zones guide.