Patton Village, CA
Patton Village wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Patton Village at the 97th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 483 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Patton Village at the 97th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Patton Village's buildings actually sit
Of Patton Village's 483 counted buildings, 62.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Patton Village ranks
Patton Village ranks lower within California (80th percentile statewide) than its 97th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Patton Village ranks 909 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,642 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 322 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Patton Village
Patton Village 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 97th-percentile score like Patton Village's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Patton Village
Because Direct exposure dominates in Patton Village (62.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 483 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Patton Village. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Patton Village, see the exposure-zones guide.