Redwood Valley, CA
Redwood Valley, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Redwood Valley at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,054 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Redwood Valley at the 91st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Redwood Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
70.1% of Redwood Valley's 1,054 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 739 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Redwood Valley against the rest of the country
Inside California, Redwood Valley sits at just the 66th percentile even though it scores 92nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Redwood Valley ranks 2,604 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,571 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 541 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Redwood Valley
Redwood Valley 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 92nd-percentile score like Redwood Valley's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Redwood Valley (70.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Redwood Valley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,054 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Redwood Valley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Redwood Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.