Weott, CA
Weott, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Weott sits at the 58th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 180 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Weott at the 59th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Weott's 180 counted buildings, 55% 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.
Weott against the rest of the country
Weott's 58th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 16th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 42 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weott ranks 13,196 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,612 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,318 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Weott and the insurance market
Weott 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 58th-percentile score like Weott's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Weott
Because Direct exposure dominates in Weott (55%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 180 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Weott. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Weott, see the exposure-zones guide.