Placerville, ID
Placerville, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Placerville lands at the 98th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 102 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Placerville at the 99th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
80.4% of Placerville's 102 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 82 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 19.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Placerville against the rest of the country
Placerville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Idaho (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (98th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Placerville ranks 665 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,940 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 25 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Placerville and the insurance market
Placerville's very high rating (98th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Placerville
With 80.4% of Placerville 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 102 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Placerville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Placerville, see the exposure-zones guide.