Highland, CA
How exposed is Highland to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Highland at the 100th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 17,060 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Highland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 100th percentile nationally.
Where Highland's buildings actually sit
54.3% of Highland's 17,060 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 6.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 17,060 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Highland against the rest of the country
Highland scores 100th nationally and 96th 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, Highland ranks 92 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 848 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 56 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Highland
Because Highland 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.
Hardening a home in Highland
Highland's 54.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Highland's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Highland's 92-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Highland's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.