Pierpoint, CA
How exposed is Pierpoint to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pierpoint at the 91st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 85 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pierpoint's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
Where Pierpoint's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 97.7% of Pierpoint's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 2.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 83 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Pierpoint against the rest of the country
Pierpoint's 91st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 64th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pierpoint ranks 2,825 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,678 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 567 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pierpoint
Because Pierpoint 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 97.7% of Pierpoint in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 85 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pierpoint. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pierpoint, see the exposure-zones guide.