Las Flores (Tehama), CA
Las Flores (Tehama) wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Las Flores (Tehama) lands at the 84th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 119 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Las Flores (Tehama)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
Where Las Flores (Tehama)'s buildings actually sit
62.2% of Las Flores (Tehama)'s 119 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 74 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 37.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Las Flores (Tehama) ranks
Inside California, Las Flores (Tehama) sits at just the 48th percentile even though it scores 84th 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, Las Flores (Tehama) ranks 5,006 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,178 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 822 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
Las Flores (Tehama)'s 84th-percentile score lands in California, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. California's surplus-lines homeowners market passed 300,000 policies for the first time in 2025, driven by carriers pulling back from wildfire-exposed areas statewide. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Hardening a home in Las Flores (Tehama)
Because Direct exposure dominates in Las Flores (Tehama) (62.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Las Flores (Tehama)'s 5,006-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Las Flores (Tehama), see the exposure-zones guide.