Salyer, CA
Salyer, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Salyer lands at the 98th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 388 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Salyer's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 98th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of Salyer's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 388 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Salyer ranks
Inside California, Salyer sits at just the 81st percentile even though it scores 98th 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, Salyer ranks 780 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,441 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 302 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Salyer and the insurance market
Salyer 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 98th-percentile score like Salyer's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Salyer's 100% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Salyer's 780-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Salyer, see the exposure-zones guide.