Red Corral, CA
Red Corral wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Red Corral lands at the 99th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,005 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Red Corral's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,005 buildings are counted in Red Corral, and 97.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Red Corral ranks
Red Corral scores 99th nationally and 92nd within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Red Corral ranks 252 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,893 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 143 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Red Corral and the insurance market
Red Corral 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 Red Corral's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Red Corral
Red Corral's 97.6% 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.
Where Red Corral's figures come from
Red Corral'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 Red Corral's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.