Nubieber, CA
Nubieber, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Nubieber's 62 buildings earn a 89th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nubieber at the 91st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Nubieber's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Nubieber: 64.5% of its 62 buildings, versus 35.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Nubieber ranks
Nubieber ranks lower within California (60th percentile statewide) than its 89th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nubieber ranks 3,364 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,567 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 635 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
Nubieber 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 89th-percentile score like Nubieber's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With 64.5% of Nubieber 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 Nubieber's 3,364-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Nubieber, see the exposure-zones guide.