Lockeford, CA
How exposed is Lockeford to wildfire?
Lockeford's 1,707 buildings earn a 67th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lockeford's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 69th percentile nationally.
Lockeford's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Lockeford (49.4% of 1,707 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 43.9% sit in the Direct zone.
How Lockeford compares
Inside California, Lockeford sits at just the 24th percentile even though it scores 67th 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, Lockeford ranks 10,359 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,396 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,187 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
Lockeford 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 67th-percentile score like Lockeford's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 49.4% of Lockeford's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Lockeford's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lockeford's 10,359-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lockeford's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.