Weedpatch, CA
Weedpatch wildfire risk explained
Weedpatch's 721 buildings earn a 51st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Weedpatch's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
Weedpatch's building exposure, zone by zone
89.6% of Weedpatch's 721 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Weedpatch compares
Weedpatch ranks lower within California (12th percentile statewide) than its 51st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weedpatch ranks 15,338 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,434 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,389 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
Weedpatch's 51st-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
Weedpatch's 89.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Weedpatch's 51st-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 Weedpatch, see the exposure-zones guide.