Trowbridge, CA
Trowbridge, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Trowbridge lands at the 69th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 219 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 Trowbridge at the 69th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Trowbridge: 87.2% of its 219 buildings, versus 0.5% Indirect and 12.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Trowbridge against the rest of the country
Inside California, Trowbridge sits at just the 26th percentile even though it scores 69th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trowbridge ranks 9,790 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,148 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,157 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 Trowbridge 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 87.2% of Trowbridge 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 Trowbridge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 219 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Trowbridge. The exposure-zones guide covers what Trowbridge's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.