Marina del Rey, CA
How exposed is Marina del Rey to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marina del Rey lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 331 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marina del Rey's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
Where Marina del Rey's buildings actually sit
Marina del Rey rates 97.9% Minimal exposure against just 2.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 331 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Marina del Rey ranks
Marina del Rey's 46th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 8th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 38 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marina del Rey ranks 17,104 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,786 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,445 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marina del Rey
Because Marina del Rey 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 97.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Marina del Rey gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Marina del Rey's figures come from
Marina del Rey's 46th-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 Marina del Rey's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.