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  "title": "Wildfire Risk in Fresno County, CA 2026 | Satelife",
  "description": "Wildfire risk in Fresno County spans a wide range. In the places we scored, the lowest score is 17.6 in Fresno, the highest is 81.3 near Coalinga, and the median is 42.8.",
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  "content": "[Home](/)›[Wildfire Risk](/wildfire-risk/)›[California](/wildfire-risk/california/)›Fresno County\n\nFresno County, California\n\n# Wildfire risk in Fresno County: _where it is highest_, and why\n\nWildfire risk in Fresno County spans a wide range. In the places we scored, the lowest score is 17.6 in Fresno, the highest is 81.3 near Coalinga, and the median is 42.8.\n\n[Score my Fresno County address →](#score-my-address) [How risky is this county? ↓](#risk-at-a-glance)\n\nBefore 20002000s2010s2020sCommunity\n\nFresno County — the largest fires on record, at their perimeter centres, with the county’s main communities. Select a marker for its detail.\n\nAt a glance\n\n## Half of Fresno County scores _Moderate_ or worse\n\nWe scored 176 points across Fresno County on the same 0–100 scale a Satelife address report uses, and they do not land in one place. 6% of them come out Very High, while 30% are Low. Which end your own parcel sits at is not something a county map can tell you.\n\n36%\n\n28%\n\n30%\n\n**Very High** 6% · 11 of 176 points **High** 36% · 63 of 176 points **Moderate** 28% · 50 of 176 points **Low** 30% · 52 of 176 points\n\nSafest end we measured 17.6 near Fresno · Low\n\nMiddle of the county 42.8 Moderate — half of Fresno County is above this\n\nMost exposed end we measured 81.3 near Coalinga · Very High\n\n### And the federal models agree it is a fire county\n\nRelatively High FEMA National Risk Index — wildfire risk rating · index score 98.4 / 100\n\n$14.5M / yr FEMA NRI — expected annual loss from wildfire · rated Relatively High\n\n0.59% USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities — mean annual burn probability · 90th-percentile cell 1.49%\n\n3.59 ft USFS WRC — mean conditional flame length · 87% of the county carries burnable fuel\n\nFEMA NRI also rates Fresno County: all-hazards risk Relatively High · social vulnerability Relatively High · community resilience Very Low · annualised wildfire frequency 0.0044.\n\nSources: FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (Dec 2025), county record · USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities v2.0, mean of the grid cells inside the county. Both describe the county as a whole, never an address in it.\n\nWhat does your Fresno County address score?\n\nA county range shows the spread. Your parcel sits somewhere inside it — the report says where, and what to do about it.\n\nFree to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan\n\nLocal context\n\n## What the data says about _Fresno County_\n\nHigh is the most common risk tier among scored points, with 63 locations. Low (52) and Moderate (50) are close behind, and some locations are in Very High.\n\nSince 1984, 26.8% of the county has burned. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Fresno County’s wildfire risk as \"Relatively High.\"\n\nFire record\n\n## Where the fires _actually were_\n\nThe largest fire in the county record shown here is the Creek Fire (2020), which burned 379,802 acres.\n\nThe most recent large fire is O30 (2026), as listed in the county fire stats.\n\nAnother very large fire in this record is the Rough Fire (2015), at 151,547 acres.\n\nSince 1984, recorded fire perimeters in the county add up to 1,025,493 burned acres across 391 perimeters.\n\n![Creek Fire (2020) in Fresno County, California - The Creek Fire burned more than 370,000 acres in Fresno and Madera counties in California in 2020. It destroyed more than 800 stru](/images/wildfire-risk/fresno-county/photos/2020-creek-fire-on-2020-09-08-1.webp)\n\n**Creek Fire, 2020** — Fresno County. Photo: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) · [Public domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2020_Creek_Fire_on_2020-09-08_1.jpg)\n\n![Rough Fire (2015) in Fresno County, California - The Rough Fire in the Sierra National Forest and Sequoia National Forest, Fresno County, CA began on July 31, 2015 and burned more](/images/wildfire-risk/fresno-county/photos/2015-rough-fire-flame-front.webp)\n\n**Rough Fire, 2015** — Fresno County. Photo: United States Forest Service · [Public domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015_Rough_Fire_flame_front.jpg)\n\n391 mapped fire perimeters centred in the county since 1984\n\n1,025,493 acres inside those perimeters since 1984\n\n26.8% of the county's area, as a share of 15,489 km²\n\nO30 2026 most recent large fire on record\n\nBefore 20002000s2010s2020s \n\nFire perimeters coloured by decade. Select a perimeter for its name, year and size.\n\nNamed fires on record\n\n-   **Creek Fire**2020379,802 acres\n-   **Rough Fire**2015151,547 acres\n-   **Garnet Fire**202560,023 acres\n-   **Garza Fire**201748,887 acres\n-   **Mineral Fire**202029,667 acres\n-   **Salt 14-2 Fire**202525,580 acres\n-   **Ciervo Fire**197962,902 acres\n-   **Boone Fire**202417,600 acres\n\nPerimeter sources: NIFC Interagency Fire Perimeter History · WFIGS Interagency Perimeters · largest on record: Creek 2020. Perimeters are simplified for display; acreage is the figure the source records.\n\nCommunities\n\n## Where in the county you are _matters most_\n\nIn the largest city, Fresno, the median community score is 17.6, and its population is 520,052.\n\nNearby cities and towns vary: Clovis is 29.6, Sanger is 28.2, and Reedley is 20.6.\n\nSeveral mountain communities are much higher, including Prather at 72.7, Auberry at 70.5, and Shaver Lake at 56.5.\n\nPrather village\n\n72.7 _High_\n\nAuberry village\n\n70.5 _High_\n\nCoalinga town · 17,597 people\n\n59.3 _High_\n\nMillerton Newtown town\n\n58.8 _High_\n\nShaver Lake village\n\n56.5 _High_\n\nOrange Cove village · 9,946 people\n\n55.4 _High_\n\nLakeshore village\n\n48.4 _Moderate_\n\nFriant village\n\n45.1 _Moderate_\n\nMillerton town\n\n32.9 _Moderate_\n\nClovis town · 89,316 people\n\n29.6 _Moderate_\n\n16 more communities in Fresno County\n\nSanger town · 23,963 people\n\n28.2 _Moderate_\n\nParlier village · 13,124 people\n\n25.6 _Moderate_\n\nMendota town · 11,014 people\n\n24.7 _Low_\n\nFirebaugh town · 6,961 people\n\n23.2 _Low_\n\nKerman town · 12,191 people\n\n22.7 _Low_\n\nHuron village · 7,172 people\n\n22.7 _Low_\n\nSan Joaquin village · 4,001 people\n\n22.7 _Low_\n\nTranquillity village · 799 people\n\n22.7 _Low_\n\nCaruthers village\n\n22.7 _Low_\n\nSelma town · 22,710 people\n\n22.6 _Low_\n\nLaton village · 1,824 people\n\n22.6 _Low_\n\nRiverdale village · 3,153 people\n\n21.2 _Low_\n\nReedley town · 24,194 people\n\n20.6 _Low_\n\nFresno city · 520,052 people\n\n17.6 _Low_\n\nKingsburg town · 11,382 people\n\n17.6 _Low_\n\nFowler village · 5,063 people\n\n17.6 _Low_\n\nThe score is the median of the sampled points nearest that community — a community-scale indicator, not a score for any individual property in it. Population comes from the community's own record where the source carries one.\n\nTerrain & fuels\n\n## Terrain, vegetation and _fuels_\n\nTerrain scores run from 20.0 in Huron to 65.0 near Coalinga, with a median of 40.0.\n\nVegetation and fuels run from 5.0 in Millerton to 80.0 near Coalinga, with a median of 56.0.\n\nHazard zone scores are low in many places (median 10.0) but peak at 92.2 near Mendota.\n\nFire history ranges from 5.0 in Huron to 95.0 near Coalinga, with a median of 20.0.\n\n40 median terrain score (max 65 near Coalinga)\n\n56 median vegetation & fuels score (max 80 near Coalinga)\n\n![LANDFIRE existing vegetation type map of Fresno County, California, with the county boundary outlined](/images/wildfire-risk/fresno-county/generated/fresno-county-fuels.webp)\n\nLANDFIRE existing vegetation type across Fresno County — the same fuel data that feeds the vegetation layer of a Satelife property report.\n\nFire weather\n\n## Fire weather across _Fresno County_\n\nFire weather was measured across the county, and it varies in a tight band: 54.0 in Lakeshore, 57.1 near Mendota, and 56.4 at the median.\n\nSeparately from fire weather, the USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities model lists mean annual burn probability as 0.59 percent and the 90th-percentile cell as 1.49 percent.\n\nThat same USFS model indicates 87.2% of the county can burn, and it lists mean conditional flame length at 3.59 feet.\n\n54 lowest fire-weather score — near Lakeshore\n\n57.1 highest fire-weather score — near Mendota\n\nWhat drives it\n\n## Which part of the risk _moves_, and which doesn't\n\nRisk is not uniform across Fresno County. For example, Fresno is at 17.6, while Clovis is 29.6.\n\nHigher scores appear in several foothill communities, including Prather at 72.7 and Auberry at 70.5.\n\nOther higher-scoring places include Coalinga (59.3) and Orange Cove (55.4).\n\nEven nearby names can differ a lot: Millerton is 32.9, while Millerton Newtown is 58.8.\n\nEach bar is what one part of the score covers across Fresno County, on the same 0–100 scale. A long bar is a part of the risk that depends on where you are; a short one is the same almost everywhere.\n\nTerrain\n\n20–65 highest near Coalinga\n\nVegetation & fuels\n\n5–80 highest near Coalinga\n\nHazard zone\n\n10–92.2 highest near Mendota\n\nFire history\n\n5–95 highest near Coalinga\n\nFire weather\n\n54–57.1 highest near Mendota\n\nOverall score\n\n17.6–81.3 highest near Coalinga\n\nThe tick on each bar is the middle value. Tier boundaries — Moderate at 25, High at 50, Very High at 75 — are the faint lines behind them.\n\nShow every number behind these bars\n\nLayer\n\nMin\n\nMedian\n\nMax\n\nLowest place\n\nHighest place\n\nPoints\n\nTerrain\n\n20\n\n40\n\n65\n\nHuron\n\nnear Coalinga\n\n176\n\nVegetation & fuels\n\n5\n\n56\n\n80\n\nMillerton\n\nnear Coalinga\n\n176\n\nHazard zone\n\n10\n\n10\n\n92.2\n\nHuron\n\nnear Mendota\n\n176\n\nFire history\n\n5\n\n20\n\n95\n\nHuron\n\nnear Coalinga\n\n176\n\nFire weather\n\n54\n\n56.4\n\n57.1\n\nLakeshore\n\nnear Mendota\n\n176\n\nComposite\n\n17.6\n\n42.8\n\n81.3\n\nFresno\n\nnear Coalinga\n\n176\n\nIndependently of Satelife's layers, the USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities grid puts the county's mean annual burn probability at **0.59%** (90th percentile cell: **1.49%**), with a mean conditional flame length of **3.59 ft**. **87%** of the 14,637 grid cells inside the county carry burnable fuel at all.\n\nSource: USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities v2.0 (ImageServer, county extent).\n\nCAL FIRE has no mapped Fire Hazard Severity Zone at **60** of the 176 sampled points — the zones cover Local Responsibility Areas. At **47** of them the USFS grid above supplied the hazard reading instead; at the remaining 13 the hazard weight is renormalised away rather than scored as low.\n\n176 sample points on a ~2.3 km grid, plus one at the centre of each community, weighted with the Satelife county profile v1 · median layer coverage 100%. Scores are 0–100 and comparable within the county, not across states.\n\nFor a property\n\n## What a county range means for _one address_\n\nFor a homeowner, buyer, or agent, location inside the county matters a lot: scores range from 17.6 to 81.3 across the places we scored.\n\nHigh is the most common tier (63 points), but Low (52) and Moderate (50) are also common, so risk is mixed rather than one countywide level.\n\nAt the county level, FEMA’s National Risk Index rates wildfire risk as \"Relatively High\" and expected annual loss from wildfire as \"Relatively High.\" FEMA also rates social vulnerability as \"Relatively High\" and community resilience as \"Very Low.\"\n\nAcross 176 sampled points in Fresno County, the score runs from 17.6 to 81.3 — two neighbouring parcels can sit in different tiers. A county number is the middle of that spread; it says nothing about which end yours is at.\n\nFind out where your Fresno County parcel sits\n\nSlope, the fuel touching the structure, the road out, the fire history within a mile — measured at your address, not averaged across the county.\n\nFree to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan\n\nCoverage\n\n## ZIP codes we cover in Fresno County\n\nEvery one of the 79 ZIP areas that touch Fresno County — we run address-level reports in all of them. They are grouped by the median score of the points we sampled inside each, which is a neighbourhood-scale indicator and **not** a score for any property: two homes in the same ZIP routinely land in different tiers.\n\n**High** 11 ZIPs\n\n-   [93667 Shaver Lake75](/wildfire-risk/zip/93667/)\n-   [93675 Orange Cove74](/wildfire-risk/zip/93675/)\n-   [93602 Shaver Lake71](/wildfire-risk/zip/93602/)\n-   [93628 70](/wildfire-risk/zip/93628/)\n-   [93651 Prather66](/wildfire-risk/zip/93651/)\n-   [93621 Orange Cove65](/wildfire-risk/zip/93621/)\n-   [93619 Millerton Newtown61](/wildfire-risk/zip/93619/)\n-   [93210 Coalinga60](/wildfire-risk/zip/93210/)\n-   [93641 Orange Cove58](/wildfire-risk/zip/93641/)\n-   [93664 Shaver Lake57](/wildfire-risk/zip/93664/)\n-   [93634 Lakeshore52](/wildfire-risk/zip/93634/)\n\n**Moderate** 10 ZIPs\n\n-   [93626 Millerton49](/wildfire-risk/zip/93626/)\n-   [93657 Sanger46](/wildfire-risk/zip/93657/)\n-   [93605 Shaver Lake45](/wildfire-risk/zip/93605/)\n-   [93654 Reedley38](/wildfire-risk/zip/93654/)\n-   [93737 Clovis33](/wildfire-risk/zip/93737/)\n-   [93720 Clovis32](/wildfire-risk/zip/93720/)\n-   [93660 San Joaquin27](/wildfire-risk/zip/93660/)\n-   [93726 Clovis27](/wildfire-risk/zip/93726/)\n-   [93622 Firebaugh26](/wildfire-risk/zip/93622/)\n-   [93648 Parlier26](/wildfire-risk/zip/93648/)\n\n**Low** 20 ZIPs\n\n-   [93608 San Joaquin23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93608/)\n-   [93646 Orange Cove23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93646/)\n-   [93234 Huron23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93234/)\n-   [93624 Huron23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93624/)\n-   [93627 San Joaquin23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93627/)\n-   [93630 Kerman23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93630/)\n-   [93668 Tranquillity23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93668/)\n-   [93706 Caruthers23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93706/)\n-   [93242 Laton23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93242/)\n-   [93662 Selma23](/wildfire-risk/zip/93662/)\n-   [93656 Riverdale22](/wildfire-risk/zip/93656/)\n-   [93620 Firebaugh22](/wildfire-risk/zip/93620/)\n-   [93640 Mendota22](/wildfire-risk/zip/93640/)\n-   [93723 Kerman22](/wildfire-risk/zip/93723/)\n-   [93609 Caruthers21](/wildfire-risk/zip/93609/)\n-   [93612 Clovis21](/wildfire-risk/zip/93612/)\n-   [93725 Fowler20](/wildfire-risk/zip/93725/)\n-   [93625 Fowler18](/wildfire-risk/zip/93625/)\n-   [93631 Kingsburg18](/wildfire-risk/zip/93631/)\n-   [93721 Fresno18](/wildfire-risk/zip/93721/)\n\n**No sampled point inside** 38 ZIPs\n\n[93230 Laton](/wildfire-risk/zip/93230/) · [93239 Huron](/wildfire-risk/zip/93239/) · [93245 Riverdale](/wildfire-risk/zip/93245/) · [93246 Riverdale](/wildfire-risk/zip/93246/) · [93266 Huron](/wildfire-risk/zip/93266/) · [93451 Coalinga](/wildfire-risk/zip/93451/) · [93513](/wildfire-risk/zip/93513/) · [93514](/wildfire-risk/zip/93514/) · [93546](/wildfire-risk/zip/93546/) · [93603 Orange Cove](/wildfire-risk/zip/93603/) · [93606 Kerman](/wildfire-risk/zip/93606/) · [93610 Firebaugh](/wildfire-risk/zip/93610/) · [93611 Clovis](/wildfire-risk/zip/93611/) · [93616 Sanger](/wildfire-risk/zip/93616/) · [93618 Reedley](/wildfire-risk/zip/93618/) · [93633 Orange Cove](/wildfire-risk/zip/93633/) · [93635](/wildfire-risk/zip/93635/) · [93636 Friant](/wildfire-risk/zip/93636/) · [93637 Kerman](/wildfire-risk/zip/93637/) · [93643 Shaver Lake](/wildfire-risk/zip/93643/) · [93645 Auberry](/wildfire-risk/zip/93645/) · [93647 Orange Cove](/wildfire-risk/zip/93647/) · [93650 Clovis](/wildfire-risk/zip/93650/) · [93652 Caruthers](/wildfire-risk/zip/93652/) · [93701 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93701/) · [93702 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93702/) · [93703 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93703/) · [93704 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93704/) · [93705 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93705/) · [93710 Clovis](/wildfire-risk/zip/93710/) · [93711 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93711/) · [93722 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93722/) · [93727 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93727/) · [93728 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93728/) · [93730 Clovis](/wildfire-risk/zip/93730/) · [93740 Clovis](/wildfire-risk/zip/93740/) · [93741 Fresno](/wildfire-risk/zip/93741/) · [95043](/wildfire-risk/zip/95043/)\n\nGrouped from 41 of 79 ZIP areas — the rest had no sample point fall inside them. The community shown is the nearest mapped place to the ZIP's centre.\n\nZIP areas are Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting the county boundary.\n\nWhere to go next\n\n## Fresno County wildfire risk _in context_\n\n[California wildfire risk The statewide picture and every county page we publish](/wildfire-risk/california/) [Wildfire risk by state Every state and county we cover](/wildfire-risk/) [How Satelife calculates wildfire risk Data sources, layers, score composition, honest limits](/wildfire-risk/methodology/) [Create a wildfire evacuation plan Zones, egress routes, refuge areas](/wildfire-evacuation-plan/) [Run a report for a Fresno County address PDF + score + mitigation plan](/#cta)\n\nFAQ\n\n## Frequently asked questions about _Fresno County wildfire risk_\n\nWhat is the largest fire listed for Fresno County?\n\nThe largest listed fire is the Creek Fire (2020), at 379,802 acres.\n\nWhat is the most recent large fire in the county stats?\n\nThe most recent large fire is O30 (2026).\n\nHow much of Fresno County has burned since 1984?\n\n26.8% of the county has burned since 1984, totaling 1,025,493 acres across 391 recorded perimeters.\n\nDoes this page show fire weather or burn probability?\n\nIt shows both, but they are different. Fire weather scores are shown directly (from 54.0 to 57.1), while burn probability comes from the USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities model (0.59 percent mean annual burn probability).\n\nWhat does FEMA say about countywide wildfire risk?\n\nFEMA’s National Risk Index rates Fresno County wildfire risk as \"Relatively High.\" It also rates wildfire expected annual loss as \"Relatively High.\"\n\nThis page is generated from a Fresno County data pack assembled on 2026-08-18 (pack v1.0). Scores are sampled across the county, not measured at any individual address, and are informational decision support — not a substitute for official evacuation orders, a fire-agency hazard determination, or an insurer's underwriting judgement. Data versions: fema\\_nri 1.20.0 (Dec 2025) · landfire per adapter · nifc\\_history All Years View · wfigs current · wrc v2.0 (2024) · zcta Census 2020.\n\n## What does _your parcel_ look like, layer by layer?\n\nA county range shows the spread. An address-level Satelife report shows where in that spread your property actually sits — PDF, per-layer score, and a prioritized mitigation plan.\n\n[Start with your address →](/#cta)\n\n[![PRR](/images/prr.png)](/ficha-de-website-voucher-satelife.pdf)\n\n© 2024–2026 Satelife, Lda. All rights reserved.\n\nSatelife reports are for informational purposes only and do not constitute insurance, financial, or legal advice."
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