Shoshone, CA
Shoshone wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Shoshone at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 73 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Shoshone at the 33rd national percentile — 6 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Shoshone's buildings actually sit
Most of Shoshone's buildings (71.2%) 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.
How Shoshone compares
Shoshone ranks lower within California (3rd percentile statewide) than its 28th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shoshone ranks 22,775 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,160 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,531 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Shoshone
Shoshone 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 28th-percentile score like Shoshone's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Shoshone's 71.2% 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 73 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shoshone. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Shoshone, see the exposure-zones guide.