Miranda, CA
Miranda, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Miranda at the 60th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 308 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Miranda's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
71.8% of Miranda's 308 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 221 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 28.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Miranda against the rest of the country
Miranda's 60th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 18th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 42 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Miranda ranks 12,661 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,413 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,287 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
Miranda 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 60th-percentile score like Miranda's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With 71.8% of Miranda 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Miranda's 12,661-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Miranda, see the exposure-zones guide.