North Edwards, CA
How exposed is North Edwards to wildfire?
North Edwards's 702 buildings earn a 36th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts North Edwards at the 44th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
North Edwards's building exposure, zone by zone
Of North Edwards's 702 counted buildings, 59.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0.7% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
North Edwards against the rest of the country
North Edwards ranks lower within California (4th percentile statewide) than its 36th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Edwards ranks 20,129 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,630 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,503 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
North Edwards 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 36th-percentile score like North Edwards's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in North Edwards (59.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where North Edwards's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind North Edwards's 20,129-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Edwards's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.