Wildfire risk in Fresno County: where it is highest, and why
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.
Fresno County — the largest fires on record, at their perimeter centres, with the county’s main communities. Select a marker for its detail.
At a glance
Half of Fresno County scores Moderate or worse
We 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.
36%
28%
30%
Very High6% · 11 of 176 pointsHigh36% · 63 of 176 pointsModerate28% · 50 of 176 pointsLow30% · 52 of 176 points
Safest end we measured17.6near Fresno · Low
Middle of the county42.8Moderate — half of Fresno County is above this
Most exposed end we measured81.3near Coalinga · Very High
And the federal models agree it is a fire county
Relatively HighFEMA National Risk Index — wildfire risk rating · index score 98.4 / 100
$14.5M / yrFEMA NRI — expected annual loss from wildfire · rated Relatively High
0.59%USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities — mean annual burn probability · 90th-percentile cell 1.49%
3.59 ftUSFS WRC — mean conditional flame length · 87% of the county carries burnable fuel
FEMA NRI also rates Fresno County: all-hazards risk Relatively High · social vulnerability Relatively High · community resilience Very Low · annualised wildfire frequency 0.0044.
Sources: 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.
What does your Fresno County address score?
A county range shows the spread. Your parcel sits somewhere inside it — the report says where, and what to do about it.
Free to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan
Local context
What the data says about Fresno County
High 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.
Since 1984, 26.8% of the county has burned. FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Fresno County’s wildfire risk as "Relatively High."
Fire record
Where the fires actually were
The largest fire in the county record shown here is the Creek Fire (2020), which burned 379,802 acres.
The most recent large fire is O30 (2026), as listed in the county fire stats.
Another very large fire in this record is the Rough Fire (2015), at 151,547 acres.
Since 1984, recorded fire perimeters in the county add up to 1,025,493 burned acres across 391 perimeters.
Creek Fire, 2020 — Fresno County.
Photo: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) · Public domainRough Fire, 2015 — Fresno County.
Photo: United States Forest Service · Public domain
391mapped fire perimeters centred in the county since 1984
1,025,493acres inside those perimeters since 1984
26.8%of the county's area, as a share of 15,489 km²
O30 2026most recent large fire on record
Before 20002000s2010s2020s
Fire perimeters coloured by decade. Select a perimeter for its name, year and size.
Named fires on record
Creek Fire2020379,802 acres
Rough Fire2015151,547 acres
Garnet Fire202560,023 acres
Garza Fire201748,887 acres
Mineral Fire202029,667 acres
Salt 14-2 Fire202525,580 acres
Ciervo Fire197962,902 acres
Boone Fire202417,600 acres
Perimeter 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.
Communities
Where in the county you are matters most
In the largest city, Fresno, the median community score is 17.6, and its population is 520,052.
Nearby cities and towns vary: Clovis is 29.6, Sanger is 28.2, and Reedley is 20.6.
Several mountain communities are much higher, including Prather at 72.7, Auberry at 70.5, and Shaver Lake at 56.5.
Prathervillage
72.7 High
Auberryvillage
70.5 High
Coalingatown · 17,597 people
59.3 High
Millerton Newtowntown
58.8 High
Shaver Lakevillage
56.5 High
Orange Covevillage · 9,946 people
55.4 High
Lakeshorevillage
48.4 Moderate
Friantvillage
45.1 Moderate
Millertontown
32.9 Moderate
Clovistown · 89,316 people
29.6 Moderate
16 more communities in Fresno County
Sangertown · 23,963 people
28.2 Moderate
Parliervillage · 13,124 people
25.6 Moderate
Mendotatown · 11,014 people
24.7 Low
Firebaughtown · 6,961 people
23.2 Low
Kermantown · 12,191 people
22.7 Low
Huronvillage · 7,172 people
22.7 Low
San Joaquinvillage · 4,001 people
22.7 Low
Tranquillityvillage · 799 people
22.7 Low
Caruthersvillage
22.7 Low
Selmatown · 22,710 people
22.6 Low
Latonvillage · 1,824 people
22.6 Low
Riverdalevillage · 3,153 people
21.2 Low
Reedleytown · 24,194 people
20.6 Low
Fresnocity · 520,052 people
17.6 Low
Kingsburgtown · 11,382 people
17.6 Low
Fowlervillage · 5,063 people
17.6 Low
The 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.
Terrain & fuels
Terrain, vegetation and fuels
Terrain scores run from 20.0 in Huron to 65.0 near Coalinga, with a median of 40.0.
Vegetation and fuels run from 5.0 in Millerton to 80.0 near Coalinga, with a median of 56.0.
Hazard zone scores are low in many places (median 10.0) but peak at 92.2 near Mendota.
Fire history ranges from 5.0 in Huron to 95.0 near Coalinga, with a median of 20.0.
40median terrain score (max 65 near Coalinga)
56median vegetation & fuels score (max 80 near Coalinga)
LANDFIRE existing vegetation type across Fresno County — the same fuel data that feeds the
vegetation layer of a Satelife property report.
Fire weather
Fire weather across Fresno County
Fire 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.
Separately 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.
That same USFS model indicates 87.2% of the county can burn, and it lists mean conditional flame length at 3.59 feet.
54lowest fire-weather score — near Lakeshore
57.1highest fire-weather score — near Mendota
What drives it
Which part of the risk moves, and which doesn't
Risk is not uniform across Fresno County. For example, Fresno is at 17.6, while Clovis is 29.6.
Higher scores appear in several foothill communities, including Prather at 72.7 and Auberry at 70.5.
Other higher-scoring places include Coalinga (59.3) and Orange Cove (55.4).
Even nearby names can differ a lot: Millerton is 32.9, while Millerton Newtown is 58.8.
Each 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.
Terrain
20–65highest near Coalinga
Vegetation & fuels
5–80highest near Coalinga
Hazard zone
10–92.2highest near Mendota
Fire history
5–95highest near Coalinga
Fire weather
54–57.1highest near Mendota
Overall score
17.6–81.3highest near Coalinga
The 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.
Show every number behind these bars
Layer
Min
Median
Max
Lowest place
Highest place
Points
Terrain
20
40
65
Huron
near Coalinga
176
Vegetation & fuels
5
56
80
Millerton
near Coalinga
176
Hazard zone
10
10
92.2
Huron
near Mendota
176
Fire history
5
20
95
Huron
near Coalinga
176
Fire weather
54
56.4
57.1
Lakeshore
near Mendota
176
Composite
17.6
42.8
81.3
Fresno
near Coalinga
176
Independently 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.
Source: USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities v2.0 (ImageServer, county extent).
CAL 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.
176 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.
For a property
What a county range means for one address
For 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.
High 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.
At 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."
Across 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.
Find out where your Fresno County parcel sits
Slope, the fuel touching the structure, the road out, the fire history within a mile — measured at your address, not averaged across the county.
Free to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan
Coverage
ZIP codes we cover in Fresno County
Every 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.
Frequently asked questions about Fresno County wildfire risk
What is the largest fire listed for Fresno County?
The largest listed fire is the Creek Fire (2020), at 379,802 acres.
What is the most recent large fire in the county stats?
The most recent large fire is O30 (2026).
How much of Fresno County has burned since 1984?
26.8% of the county has burned since 1984, totaling 1,025,493 acres across 391 recorded perimeters.
Does this page show fire weather or burn probability?
It 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).
What does FEMA say about countywide wildfire risk?
FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Fresno County wildfire risk as "Relatively High." It also rates wildfire expected annual loss as "Relatively High."
This 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.
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