Trinity Village, CA
How exposed is Trinity Village to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Trinity Village lands at the 98th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 357 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Trinity Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.
Trinity Village's building exposure, zone by zone
357 buildings are counted in Trinity Village, and 95% 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.
Trinity Village against the rest of the country
Trinity Village scores 98th nationally and 86th 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 Village ranks 501 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,122 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 230 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Trinity Village and the insurance market
Because Trinity Village 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.
Hardening a home in Trinity Village
With 95% of Trinity Village 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.
Where Trinity Village's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 357 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Trinity Village. The exposure-zones guide covers what Trinity Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.