Orange Cove, CA
Orange Cove, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Orange Cove at the 85th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 2,208 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Orange Cove at the 87th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Orange Cove's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Orange Cove (89.4% of 2,208 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 10.3% sit in the Direct zone.
How Orange Cove compares
Orange Cove ranks lower within California (51st percentile statewide) than its 85th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Orange Cove ranks 4,622 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,914 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 773 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Orange Cove
Because Orange Cove is in California, a wildfire-hazard disclosure is legally required before a sale closes here — unusual nationally, since only these two states mandate it. The state's FAIR Plan alone carried 668,609 policies by the end of 2025. Full detail in the disclosure-law guide.
Hardening a home in Orange Cove
Because 89.4% of Orange Cove'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.
Where Orange Cove's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Orange Cove's 4,622-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Orange Cove's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.