Victorville, CA
How exposed is Victorville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Victorville lands at the 70th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 38,273 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Victorville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
59.2% of Victorville's 38,273 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 38,273 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Victorville ranks
Victorville ranks lower within California (28th percentile statewide) than its 70th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Victorville ranks 9,448 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 265 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,139 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Victorville
Victorville's 70th-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
Even with 59.2% of Victorville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Victorville's 70th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Victorville, see the exposure-zones guide.