Wildfire risk in California
California: 58 counties covered
Across 58 California counties, the average wildfire-risk percentile is 92 — but that average hides real spread between counties, which is why each community in this dataset gets its own page rather than one statewide number.
- San Diego County, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Sierra County, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Lake County, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Trinity County, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Nevada County, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Orange County, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- San Benito County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- Riverside County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- Shasta County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- Tuolumne County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- Tehama County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- El Dorado County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- Monterey County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- Calaveras County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- Yuba County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- Los Angeles County, CA — 99th percentile, Very High
- Amador County, CA — 98th percentile, Very High
- Mariposa County, CA — 98th percentile, Very High
- Plumas County, CA — 98th percentile, Very High
- Colusa County, CA — 98th percentile, Very High
- Placer County, CA — 98th percentile, Very High
- Siskiyou County, CA — 98th percentile, Very High
- San Luis Obispo County, CA — 98th percentile, Very High
- Lassen County, CA — 97th percentile, Very High
- Santa Barbara County, CA — 97th percentile, Very High
- Alameda County, CA — 97th percentile, Very High
- Santa Clara County, CA — 97th percentile, Very High
- Ventura County, CA — 96th percentile, Very High
- Glenn County, CA — 96th percentile, Very High
- Napa County, CA — 95th percentile, Very High
- Del Norte County, CA — 95th percentile, Very High
- Mendocino County, CA — 95th percentile, Very High
- Kern County, CA — 95th percentile, Very High
- Alpine County, CA — 95th percentile, Very High
- Butte County, CA — 95th percentile, Very High
- Tulare County, CA — 95th percentile, Very High
- Madera County, CA — 94th percentile, Very High
- San Bernardino County, CA — 93rd percentile, Very High
- Yolo County, CA — 92nd percentile, Very High
- Stanislaus County, CA — 92nd percentile, Very High
- Contra Costa County, CA — 92nd percentile, Very High
- Mono County, CA — 92nd percentile, Very High
- Fresno County, CA — 91st percentile, Very High
- Modoc County, CA — 91st percentile, Very High
- Sonoma County, CA — 89th percentile, Very High
- Merced County, CA — 88th percentile, Very High
- Marin County, CA — 87th percentile, Very High
- Solano County, CA — 87th percentile, Very High
- San Joaquin County, CA — 84th percentile, Very High
- Humboldt County, CA — 84th percentile, Very High
- Sutter County, CA — 79th percentile, High
- Santa Cruz County, CA — 79th percentile, High
- Kings County, CA — 77th percentile, High
- Sacramento County, CA — 77th percentile, High
- Inyo County, CA — 74th percentile, High
- San Mateo County, CA — 72nd percentile, High
- San Francisco County, CA — 54th percentile, Elevated
- Imperial County, CA — 37th percentile, Moderate
The 10 highest-risk places in California on this site
Of the 1,570 California communities WildfireRiskFinder covers, these rank highest for wildfire risk nationally:
- Anza, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Campo, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Descanso, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Douglas City, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Downieville, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Goodyears Bar, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Green Valley (Los Angeles), CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Pine Valley, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Potrero, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
- Alleghany, CA — 100th percentile, Very High
California's wildfire-disclosure law
California is one of two states requiring a wildfire-hazard disclosure at sale — see the disclosure-law guide for what that covers and why it matters when shopping insurance here.