Niland, CA
Niland, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Niland sits at the 59th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 510 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Niland at the 64th percentile, close to its 59th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
97.7% of Niland's 510 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 2.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Niland against the rest of the country
Niland's 59th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 17th 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, Niland ranks 12,945 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,165 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,307 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Niland
Niland 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 59th-percentile score like Niland's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 97.7% of Niland's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 510 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Niland. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Niland, see the exposure-zones guide.