Wofford Heights, CA
How exposed is Wofford Heights to wildfire?
USFS scores Wofford Heights at the 98th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 2,408 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wofford Heights at the 97th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wofford Heights's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 55.6% of Wofford Heights's 2,408 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 44.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Wofford Heights against the rest of the country
Wofford Heights ranks lower within California (82nd percentile statewide) than its 98th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wofford Heights ranks 718 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,498 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 288 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wofford Heights
Because Wofford Heights 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
Wofford Heights's 55.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,408 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wofford Heights. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wofford Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.