Pine Canyon, CA
Pine Canyon wildfire risk explained
Pine Canyon sits at the 99th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 659 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pine Canyon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.
Where Pine Canyon's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Pine Canyon (72.4% of 659 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 27.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Pine Canyon ranks
Pine Canyon's risk sits at a similar level relative to California (88th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pine Canyon ranks 373 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,074 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 184 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Pine Canyon and the insurance market
Pine Canyon 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 99th-percentile score like Pine Canyon's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Pine Canyon
Pine Canyon's 72.4% 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.
Where Pine Canyon's figures come from
Pine Canyon's 99th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pine Canyon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.