Olancha, CA
Olancha, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Olancha at the 77th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 197 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Olancha's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
Olancha's building exposure, zone by zone
197 buildings are counted in Olancha, and 92.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Olancha compares
Inside California, Olancha sits at just the 36th percentile even though it scores 77th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Olancha ranks 7,338 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,952 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,012 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
Olancha 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 77th-percentile score like Olancha's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Olancha (92.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Olancha's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Olancha's 7,338-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Olancha's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.