Orland, CA
Orland, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Orland lands at the 83rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 3,431 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Orland at the 84th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Orland's building exposure, zone by zone
3,431 buildings are counted in Orland, and 90.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 5.7% in Direct exposure or the 3.6% rated Minimal.
Where Orland ranks
Inside California, Orland sits at just the 46th percentile even though it scores 83rd 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, Orland ranks 5,254 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 855 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Orland
Because Orland 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Orland (90.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,431 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Orland. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Orland, see the exposure-zones guide.