North Richmond, CA
North Richmond wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts North Richmond at the 40th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,405 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks North Richmond at the 42nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
North Richmond's building exposure, zone by zone
99.5% of North Richmond's 1,405 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where North Richmond ranks
North Richmond ranks lower within California (6th percentile statewide) than its 40th 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 Richmond ranks 18,996 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,604 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,477 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Richmond
North Richmond 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 40th-percentile score like North Richmond's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 99.5% of North Richmond outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
North Richmond's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond North Richmond, see the exposure-zones guide.