Paradise Park, CA
Paradise Park wildfire risk explained
Paradise Park sits at the 69th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 338 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Paradise Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Where Paradise Park's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Paradise Park (65.1% of 338 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 34.9% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Paradise Park ranks
Paradise Park ranks lower within California (26th percentile statewide) than its 69th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Paradise Park ranks 9,822 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,617 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,159 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
Paradise Park 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 69th-percentile score like Paradise Park's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Paradise Park's 65.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Paradise Park's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Paradise Park, see the exposure-zones guide.