Weitchpec, CA
Weitchpec, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Weitchpec's 58 buildings earn a 94th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Weitchpec at the 92nd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Weitchpec's building exposure, zone by zone
58 buildings are counted in Weitchpec, and 100% 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.
How Weitchpec compares
Weitchpec ranks lower within California (70th percentile statewide) than its 94th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weitchpec ranks 2,008 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,702 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 473 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Weitchpec
Weitchpec sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 94th-percentile score like Weitchpec's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Weitchpec 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.
More on how this number was built
Weitchpec's 94th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Weitchpec, see the exposure-zones guide.