La Grange, CA
How exposed is La Grange to wildfire?
La Grange sits at the 95th 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 91 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts La Grange at the 96th percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in La Grange: 100% of its 91 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where La Grange ranks
Inside California, La Grange sits at just the 73rd percentile even though it scores 95th 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, La Grange ranks 1,660 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,437 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 421 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Because La Grange 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 La Grange
With 100% of La Grange 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.
Where La Grange's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind La Grange's 1,660-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what La Grange's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.