Hypericum, CA
How exposed is Hypericum to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hypericum at the 84th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 65 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hypericum at the 86th percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Hypericum's 65 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Hypericum compares
Hypericum ranks lower within California (48th percentile statewide) than its 84th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hypericum ranks 4,970 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,452 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 815 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hypericum
Because Hypericum 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 Hypericum
With 100% of Hypericum 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 65 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hypericum. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hypericum, see the exposure-zones guide.