Prattville, CA
Prattville, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Prattville sits at the 95th 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 89 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Prattville at the 94th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Prattville's buildings actually sit
89 buildings are counted in Prattville, and 82% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1.1% rated Minimal.
Where Prattville ranks
Prattville ranks lower within California (73rd percentile statewide) than its 95th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prattville ranks 1,696 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,525 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 430 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
Because Prattville 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Prattville's 82% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Prattville's 95th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Prattville, see the exposure-zones guide.