Hoopa, CA
How exposed is Hoopa to wildfire?
Hoopa sits at the 96th 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 1,363 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hoopa at the 95th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Hoopa's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Hoopa: 84.6% of its 1,363 buildings, versus 15.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Hoopa ranks
Hoopa ranks lower within California (76th percentile statewide) than its 96th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hoopa ranks 1,247 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,771 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 369 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Hoopa and the insurance market
Because Hoopa 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 84.6% of Hoopa 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.
More on how this number was built
Hoopa's 96th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hoopa, see the exposure-zones guide.