Leona Valley, CA
Leona Valley wildfire risk explained
Leona Valley's 1,451 buildings earn a 100th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Leona Valley at the 100th percentile, close to its 100th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Leona Valley's 1,451 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,451 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Leona Valley ranks
Leona Valley scores 100th nationally and 98th within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leona Valley ranks 60 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,388 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 37 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Leona Valley and the insurance market
Because Leona Valley 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Leona Valley (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Leona Valley's figures come from
Leona Valley's 100th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Leona Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.