Smartsville, CA
Smartsville, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Smartsville's 140 buildings earn a 97th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Smartsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 97th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
140 buildings are counted in Smartsville, and 99.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Smartsville compares
Smartsville ranks lower within California (80th percentile statewide) than its 97th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Smartsville ranks 910 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 323 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Smartsville
Smartsville 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 97th-percentile score like Smartsville's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Smartsville's 99.3% 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 Smartsville's figures come from
Smartsville's 97th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Smartsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.