Trinity Center, CA
Trinity Center, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Trinity Center at the 99th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 495 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Trinity Center at the 99th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Trinity Center's 495 counted buildings, 59.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Trinity Center ranks
Trinity Center scores 99th nationally and 93rd 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, Trinity Center ranks 223 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,438 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 131 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
Trinity Center's 99th-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Trinity Center (59.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Trinity Center's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 495 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Trinity Center. The exposure-zones guide covers what Trinity Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.