Lake Los Angeles, CA
Lake Los Angeles, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Lake Los Angeles at the 47th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 4,809 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lake Los Angeles at the 48th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lake Los Angeles's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Lake Los Angeles: 70% of its 4,809 buildings, versus 9.4% Indirect and 20.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Lake Los Angeles compares
Lake Los Angeles ranks lower within California (9th percentile statewide) than its 47th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Los Angeles ranks 16,755 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,550 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,432 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 Lake Los Angeles 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
Lake Los Angeles's 70% 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.
Where Lake Los Angeles's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,809 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lake Los Angeles. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lake Los Angeles's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.