Hyampom, CA
Hyampom wildfire risk explained
Hyampom's 246 buildings earn a 96th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hyampom's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
Hyampom's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Hyampom: 98.8% of its 246 buildings, versus 1.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Hyampom ranks
Inside California, Hyampom sits at just the 77th percentile even though it scores 96th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hyampom ranks 1,223 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,258 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 365 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Hyampom and the insurance market
Hyampom sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 96th-percentile score like Hyampom's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Hyampom
Hyampom's 98.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 246 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hyampom. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hyampom, see the exposure-zones guide.