Sebastopol, CA
Sebastopol, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sebastopol's 3,466 buildings earn a 75th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sebastopol at the 78th national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sebastopol's buildings actually sit
75% of Sebastopol's 3,466 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 7% Direct and 18.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Sebastopol compares
Sebastopol ranks lower within California (33rd percentile statewide) than its 75th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sebastopol ranks 7,908 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,819 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,058 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sebastopol
Sebastopol 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 75th-percentile score like Sebastopol's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Sebastopol
Because 75% of Sebastopol's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Sebastopol's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sebastopol's 7,908-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sebastopol's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.