Los Berros, CA
Los Berros, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Los Berros lands at the 84th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 494 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Los Berros's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 85th percentile nationally.
Where Los Berros's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 88.7% of Los Berros's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 438 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Los Berros ranks
Inside California, Los Berros 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, Los Berros ranks 4,971 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,453 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 816 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Los Berros
Because Los Berros 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
With 88.7% of Los Berros in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Los Berros's 84th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Los Berros, see the exposure-zones guide.