Somis, CA
Somis, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Somis lands at the 79th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,072 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Somis at the 78th percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
Where Somis's buildings actually sit
1,072 buildings are counted in Somis, and 52.5% 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.
Somis against the rest of the country
Somis's 79th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 39th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 40 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Somis ranks 6,648 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,451 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 968 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
Somis's 79th-percentile score lands in California, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. California's surplus-lines homeowners market passed 300,000 policies for the first time in 2025, driven by carriers pulling back from wildfire-exposed areas statewide. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Hardening a home in Somis
With 52.5% of Somis 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 1,072 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Somis. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Somis, see the exposure-zones guide.