Saticoy, CA
Saticoy, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Saticoy sits at the 63rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 525 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Saticoy at the 62nd percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Saticoy's buildings (99.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Saticoy against the rest of the country
Saticoy ranks lower within California (21st percentile statewide) than its 63rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Saticoy ranks 11,683 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,932 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,241 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Saticoy
Because Saticoy is in California, a wildfire-hazard disclosure is legally required before a sale closes here — unusual nationally, since only these two states mandate it. The state's FAIR Plan alone carried 668,609 policies by the end of 2025. Full detail in the disclosure-law guide.
What would actually reduce this score
Saticoy's 99.6% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Saticoy's 11,683-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Saticoy, see the exposure-zones guide.