Keeler, CA
Keeler, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Keeler's 104 buildings earn a 24th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Keeler at the 21st national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Keeler (59.6% of 104 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 2.9% sit in the Direct zone.
How Keeler compares
Keeler's 24th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 2nd ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 22 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Keeler ranks 24,037 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,834 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,538 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Keeler
Because Keeler 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Keeler (59.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Keeler's 24th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Keeler, see the exposure-zones guide.