Sierra Village, CA
Sierra Village wildfire risk explained
Sierra Village sits at the 100th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 710 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sierra Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 100th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
98.3% of Sierra Village's 710 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 698 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 1.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Sierra Village ranks
Sierra Village scores 100th nationally and 97th within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sierra Village ranks 105 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,559 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 69 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Sierra Village and the insurance market
Because Sierra Village 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
Sierra Village's 98.3% 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.
Where Sierra Village's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sierra Village's 105-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sierra Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.