Orangevale, CA
Orangevale wildfire risk explained
Orangevale's 14,826 buildings earn a 67th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Orangevale at the 67th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Where Orangevale's buildings actually sit
Most of Orangevale's buildings (82.2% of 14,826) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 14,826 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Orangevale ranks
Orangevale ranks lower within California (24th percentile statewide) than its 67th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Orangevale ranks 10,547 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,001 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,193 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Orangevale and the insurance market
Because Orangevale 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 Orangevale
Orangevale's 82.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Orangevale's 67th-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 Orangevale, see the exposure-zones guide.