Meadow Vista, CA
Meadow Vista, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Meadow Vista's 1,532 buildings earn a 96th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Meadow Vista's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
Meadow Vista's building exposure, zone by zone
99.2% of Meadow Vista's 1,532 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,519 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.1% are Minimal.
Where Meadow Vista ranks
Meadow Vista's 96th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 77th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 19 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Meadow Vista ranks 1,224 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,025 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 366 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Meadow Vista and the insurance market
Because Meadow Vista 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.
Hardening a home in Meadow Vista
With 99.2% of Meadow Vista 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.
Where Meadow Vista's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Meadow Vista's 1,224-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Meadow Vista's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.