Woodacre, CA
Woodacre wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Woodacre at the 94th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 722 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Woodacre at the 94th 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 Woodacre's 722 counted buildings, 70.1% 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.
Woodacre against the rest of the country
Woodacre 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, Woodacre ranks 2,039 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,419 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 478 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Woodacre
Woodacre 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 Woodacre's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Woodacre
Because Direct exposure dominates in Woodacre (70.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Woodacre's figures come from
Woodacre's 94th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Woodacre's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.