Lompoc, CA
Lompoc, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Lompoc at the 90th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 11,797 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lompoc's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 88th percentile nationally.
Where Lompoc's buildings actually sit
11,797 buildings are counted in Lompoc, and 78.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 2.5% in Direct exposure or the 19% rated Minimal. At 11,797 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Lompoc ranks
Lompoc's 90th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 61st ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 29 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lompoc ranks 3,176 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,323 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 608 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Lompoc and the insurance market
Lompoc's 90th-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 Lompoc
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lompoc (78.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lompoc's figures come from
Lompoc's 90th-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 Lompoc's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.