Richfield, CA
Richfield, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Richfield sits at the 86th 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 215 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Richfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 87th percentile nationally.
Richfield's building exposure, zone by zone
215 buildings are counted in Richfield, and 54.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 45.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Richfield against the rest of the country
Richfield ranks lower within California (53rd percentile statewide) than its 86th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Richfield ranks 4,311 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,298 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 738 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Richfield and the insurance market
Richfield's 86th-percentile score lands in California, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. California's surplus-lines homeowners market passed 300,000 policies for the first time in 2025, driven by carriers pulling back from wildfire-exposed areas statewide. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
What would actually reduce this score
Richfield's 54.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 215 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Richfield. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Richfield, see the exposure-zones guide.