Ridgemark, CA
Ridgemark, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ridgemark's 1,238 buildings earn a 92nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ridgemark's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
Where Ridgemark's buildings actually sit
71.8% of Ridgemark's 1,238 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 28.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Ridgemark compares
Inside California, Ridgemark sits at just the 67th 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, Ridgemark ranks 2,450 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,419 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 521 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ridgemark
Ridgemark's 92nd-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
Ridgemark's 71.8% 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.
Where Ridgemark's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ridgemark's 2,450-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ridgemark's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.