Lennox, CA
Lennox, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lennox lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 4,532 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lennox at the 25th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
Where Lennox's buildings actually sit
Only 0% of Lennox's 4,532 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 100% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Lennox ranks
Lennox ranks lower within California (2nd percentile statewide) than its 20th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lennox ranks 25,266 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,768 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,547 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
Lennox sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 20th-percentile score like Lennox's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lennox gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Lennox's 20th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Lennox, see the exposure-zones guide.