Woodcrest, CA
How exposed is Woodcrest to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Woodcrest at the 86th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 6,959 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woodcrest's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Woodcrest's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 54.5% of Woodcrest's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 45.4% Direct and 0.1% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 6,959 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Woodcrest against the rest of the country
Woodcrest ranks lower within California (53rd percentile statewide) than its 86th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodcrest ranks 4,340 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,486 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 744 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Woodcrest
Because Woodcrest 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.
Hardening a home in Woodcrest
With 54.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Woodcrest gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,959 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Woodcrest. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Woodcrest, see the exposure-zones guide.