Soda Springs, CA
Soda Springs, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Soda Springs's 128 buildings earn a 76th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Soda Springs at the 74th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 91.4% of Soda Springs's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 8.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 117 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Soda Springs against the rest of the country
Soda Springs ranks lower within California (35th percentile statewide) than its 76th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Soda Springs ranks 7,557 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,783 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,027 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Because Soda Springs 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 91.4% of Soda Springs in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 128 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Soda Springs. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Soda Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.