Weaverville, CA
Weaverville, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Weaverville at the 100th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 2,309 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Weaverville at the 100th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Weaverville's buildings actually sit
Of Weaverville's 2,309 counted buildings, 51% 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.
Weaverville against the rest of the country
Weaverville scores 100th nationally and 97th 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, Weaverville ranks 70 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,678 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 47 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Weaverville
Because Weaverville 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 51% of Weaverville 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 Weaverville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Weaverville's 70-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Weaverville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.