--- title: "Wildfire Risk in Riverside County, CA 2026 | Satelife" description: "Wildfire risk in Riverside County spans a wide range from place to place. Across the places we scored, values run from 15.5 in Coachella to 84.7 in East Hemet, with a county midpoint of 47.9." image: "https://satelife.ai/images/wildfire-risk/riverside-county/generated/riverside-county-locator.webp" canonical: "https://satelife.ai/wildfire-risk/california/riverside-county/" --- [Home](/)›[Wildfire Risk](/wildfire-risk/)›[California](/wildfire-risk/california/)›Riverside County Riverside County, California # Wildfire risk in Riverside County: _where it is highest_, and why Wildfire risk in Riverside County spans a wide range from place to place. Across the places we scored, values run from 15.5 in Coachella to 84.7 in East Hemet, with a county midpoint of 47.9. [Score my Riverside County address →](#score-my-address) [How risky is this county? ↓](#risk-at-a-glance) Before 20002000s2010s2020sCommunity Riverside 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 Riverside County scores _Moderate_ or worse We scored 210 points across Riverside County on the same 0–100 scale a Satelife address report uses, and they do not land in one place. 10% of them come out Very High, while 5% are Low. Which end your own parcel sits at is not something a county map can tell you. 10% 33% 51% **Very High** 10% · 22 of 210 points **High** 33% · 70 of 210 points **Moderate** 51% · 108 of 210 points **Low** 5% · 10 of 210 points Safest end we measured 15.5 near Coachella · Low Middle of the county 47.9 Moderate — half of Riverside County is above this Most exposed end we measured 84.7 near East Hemet · Very High ### And the federal models agree it is a fire county Very High FEMA National Risk Index — wildfire risk rating · index score 100 / 100 $346.6M / yr FEMA NRI — expected annual loss from wildfire · rated Very High 0.79% USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities — mean annual burn probability · 90th-percentile cell 3.23% 3.73 ft USFS WRC — mean conditional flame length · 65% of the county carries burnable fuel FEMA NRI also rates Riverside County: all-hazards risk Very High · social vulnerability Relatively Low · community resilience Very Low · annualised wildfire frequency 0.0194. 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 Riverside 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 _Riverside County_ Most scored locations fall in the Moderate tier: 108 points were Moderate, compared with 70 High, 22 Very High, and 10 Low. At the county level, FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Riverside County as “Very High” for wildfire risk and “Very High” for wildfire expected annual loss. FEMA also rates the county’s social vulnerability as “Relatively Low” and community resilience as “Very Low.” Fire record ## Where the fires _actually were_ Since 1984, 755,653 acres have burned in Riverside County, and 16.2% of the county has burned. The county record also lists 689 fire perimeters since 1984. The largest fire in this record is the Esperanza fire (2006), at 40,177 acres. The most recent large fire is Shore (2026). Other major fires in the county record include Fairview (2022), at 28,146 acres, and Apple (2020), at 33,236 acres, which is marked as partly in the county. ![Fairview Fire (2022) in Riverside County, California - Firefighters battle a hotspot of the Fairview Fire , published on September 8, 2022. The fire was at 27,319 acres and 5% contained](/images/wildfire-risk/riverside-county/photos/fairview-fire-hotspot.webp) **Fairview Fire, 2022** — Riverside County. Photo: Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department · [Public domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairview_Fire_hotspot.jpg) ![Esperanza Fire (2006) in Riverside County, California - The Esperanza fire started on October 26 in the dry brush near Palm Springs, CA. By the time it was contained 6 days later, the fi](/images/wildfire-risk/riverside-county/photos/esperanza-fire-california-aster.webp) **Esperanza Fire, 2006** — Riverside County. Photo: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team · [Public domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esperanza_Fire,_California_\(ASTER\).jpg) 689 mapped fire perimeters centred in the county since 1984 755,653 acres inside those perimeters since 1984 16.2% of the county's area, as a share of 18,831.3 km² Shore 2026 most 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 - **Fairview Fire**202228,146 acres - **Esperanza Fire**200640,177 acres - **Mountain Fire**201327,524 acres - **Holy Fire**201823,025 acres - **FMU Broadcast Burn Fire**201921,018 acres - **Dry Falls Fire**198041,756 acres - **Silver Fire**201320,308 acres - **Apple Fire**202033,236 acres in totalcrossed into the county Perimeter sources: NIFC Interagency Fire Perimeter History · WFIGS Interagency Perimeters · largest on record: Esperanza 2006. Perimeters are simplified for display; acreage is the figure the source records. Communities ## Where in the county you are _matters most_ For major population centers, scores include Riverside at 30.9, Moreno Valley at 38.4, and Temecula at 43.0. Those are all lower than some nearby edge communities. Higher-scoring town markets include Lake Elsinore at 63.2, Beaumont at 62.2, and Banning at 60.1. Several smaller communities score higher still, including Juniper Springs at 81.0, Lake Mathews at 78.2, and Sage at 77.4. Juniper Springs village 81 _Very High_ Anza village · 3,075 people 79.5 _Very High_ Radec village 78.5 _Very High_ Lake Mathews village 78.2 _Very High_ Meadowbrook village 78.2 _Very High_ Sage village 77.4 _Very High_ De Luz Ranchos village 76.7 _Very High_ Idyllwild village · 3,874 people 75.2 _Very High_ New Santa Rosa / Sew’ia village 72.8 _High_ Winchester town 69.4 _High_ 50 more communities in Riverside County Palm Springs city · 44,575 people 67.5 _High_ GlenOak Hills village 64.6 _High_ Lake Elsinore town · 45,033 people 63.2 _High_ Beaumont town · 26,625 people 62.2 _High_ Morgan Valley village 60.8 _High_ Banning town · 29,266 people 60.1 _High_ East Hemet village 59.2 _High_ Rancho Mirage town · 16,999 people 57.5 _High_ Homeland village 57.1 _High_ Wildomar town · 36,066 people 56.8 _High_ French Valley village · 23,067 people 56.1 _High_ Murrieta city · 109,830 people 55.8 _High_ Mecca village · 8,219 people 55.3 _High_ San Jacinto town · 48,867 people 53.2 _High_ Temescal Valley town 49 _Moderate_ Indio Hills village · 1,048 people 47.6 _Moderate_ Sky Valley village · 2,411 people 47.5 _Moderate_ Desert Hot Springs town · 32,512 people 47.1 _Moderate_ Calimesa town · 7,470 people 46.2 _Moderate_ Lakeview village · 1,977 people 46.1 _Moderate_ Mead Valley village 45.3 _Moderate_ Pechanga village 43.3 _Moderate_ Temecula city · 112,011 people 43 _Moderate_ Jurupa Valley town · 98,842 people 43 _Moderate_ Nuevo village · 6,733 people 42.3 _Moderate_ Indio city · 89,137 people 38.9 _Moderate_ Perris town · 51,397 people 38.9 _Moderate_ Desert Edge village · 4,180 people 38.8 _Moderate_ Thermal village · 2,676 people 38.6 _Moderate_ Moreno Valley city · 183,571 people 38.4 _Moderate_ Canyon Lake town · 10,561 people 38.2 _Moderate_ Desert Palms village · 6,686 people 38.2 _Moderate_ Cathedral City city · 51,493 people 37.1 _Moderate_ Corona city · 150,308 people 36.2 _Moderate_ Bermuda Dunes village · 8,244 people 35.9 _Moderate_ El Cerrito village 35.5 _Moderate_ Horsethief Canyon Ranch village 34.6 _Moderate_ Coachella city · 41,941 people 33.1 _Moderate_ Riverside city · 322,424 people 30.9 _Moderate_ Eastvale town · 65,000 people 30.2 _Moderate_ Hemet town · 70,136 people 30.1 _Moderate_ Thousand Palms village · 7,967 people 28.4 _Moderate_ Menifee city · 102,527 people 28.1 _Moderate_ La Quinta town · 37,558 people 27.8 _Moderate_ Norco town · 27,051 people 26.8 _Moderate_ Vista Santa Rosa village · 2,607 people 26 _Moderate_ Oasis village · 4,468 people 19.9 _Low_ Blythe town · 18,317 people 18.8 _Low_ Palm Desert city · 51,163 people 17.9 _Low_ Indian Wells village · 4,757 people 17.9 _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-related wildfire exposure ranges from 5.0 in Oasis to 65.0 near Anza, with a county midpoint of 40.0. Vegetation and fuels are elevated in many scored locations, with a midpoint of 71.0. The highest scored location for vegetation and fuels is De Luz Ranchos at 80.0, while Oasis is at 5.0. These terrain and fuels patterns are associated with why neighboring communities can land in different wildfire-risk tiers. 40 median terrain score (max 65 near Anza) 71 median vegetation & fuels score (max 80 near De Luz Ranchos) ![LANDFIRE existing vegetation type map of Riverside County, California, with the county boundary outlined](/images/wildfire-risk/riverside-county/generated/riverside-county-fuels.webp) LANDFIRE existing vegetation type across Riverside County — the same fuel data that feeds the vegetation layer of a Satelife property report. Fire weather ## Fire weather across _Riverside County_ Fire weather was measured across the county’s scored locations. Values run from 51.0 in Idyllwild to 68.2 in Palm Springs, with a midpoint of 61.4. Separate from fire weather, the USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities model reports a mean annual burn probability of 0.79% and a 90th-percentile cell burn probability of 3.23%. That same USFS model indicates 65.4% of the county can burn. 51 lowest fire-weather score — near Idyllwild 68.2 highest fire-weather score — near Palm Springs What drives it ## Which part of the risk _moves_, and which doesn't Risk is not uniform across Riverside County. In larger cities, Palm Desert is at 17.9 while Palm Springs is at 67.5, showing how different nearby markets can look. Among towns and villages, scores also spread widely: Blythe is at 18.8, while Anza is at 79.5 and Idyllwild is at 75.2. At the high end of the scored places, East Hemet reaches 84.7. At the low end, Coachella is 15.5. Each bar is what one part of the score covers across Riverside 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 5–65 highest near Anza Vegetation & fuels 5–80 highest near De Luz Ranchos Hazard zone 10–99.1 highest near New Santa Rosa / Sew’ia Fire history 5–95 highest near De Luz Ranchos Fire weather 51–68.2 highest near Palm Springs Overall score 15.5–84.7 highest near East Hemet 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 5 40 65 Oasis near Anza 210 Vegetation & fuels 5 71 80 Oasis De Luz Ranchos 210 Hazard zone 10 20.9 99.1 near Anza New Santa Rosa / Sew’ia 210 Fire history 5 35 95 Oasis De Luz Ranchos 210 Fire weather 51 61.4 68.2 Idyllwild Palm Springs 210 Composite 15.5 47.9 84.7 Coachella East Hemet 210 Independently of Satelife's layers, the USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities grid puts the county's mean annual burn probability at **0.79%** (90th percentile cell: **3.23%**), with a mean conditional flame length of **3.73 ft**. **65%** of the 34,742 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 **95** of the 210 sampled points — the zones cover Local Responsibility Areas. At **55** of them the USFS grid above supplied the hazard reading instead; at the remaining 40 the hazard weight is renormalised away rather than scored as low. 210 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_ Two property-relevant drivers vary sharply by location. Hazard-zone values run from 10.0 near Anza to 99.1 in New Santa Rosa / Sew’ia, with a midpoint of 20.9. Local fire-history exposure also ranges widely, from 5.0 in Oasis to 95.0 in De Luz Ranchos, with a midpoint of 35.0. For buyers and owners, that variation is why address-level results can differ even inside the same city or ZIP area. Across 210 sampled points in Riverside County, the score runs from 15.5 to 84.7 — 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 Riverside 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 Riverside County Every one of the 100 ZIP areas that touch Riverside 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. **Very High** 4 ZIPs - [92582 San Jacinto80](/wildfire-risk/zip/92582/) - [92532 Lake Elsinore78](/wildfire-risk/zip/92532/) - [92536 Radec78](/wildfire-risk/zip/92536/) - [92555 Lakeview77](/wildfire-risk/zip/92555/) **High** 17 ZIPs - [92590 De Luz Ranchos74](/wildfire-risk/zip/92590/) - [92561 New Santa Rosa / Sew’ia74](/wildfire-risk/zip/92561/) - [92539 Anza73](/wildfire-risk/zip/92539/) - [92549 Idyllwild72](/wildfire-risk/zip/92549/) - [92548 Juniper Springs69](/wildfire-risk/zip/92548/) - [92570 Mead Valley68](/wildfire-risk/zip/92570/) - [92563 French Valley65](/wildfire-risk/zip/92563/) - [92596 French Valley65](/wildfire-risk/zip/92596/) - [92282 Desert Hot Springs63](/wildfire-risk/zip/92282/) - [92530 Lake Elsinore63](/wildfire-risk/zip/92530/) - [92592 GlenOak Hills63](/wildfire-risk/zip/92592/) - [92220 Banning60](/wildfire-risk/zip/92220/) - [92583 San Jacinto60](/wildfire-risk/zip/92583/) - [92264 Cathedral City58](/wildfire-risk/zip/92264/) - [92595 Wildomar57](/wildfire-risk/zip/92595/) - [92544 Sage56](/wildfire-risk/zip/92544/) - [92236 Thermal51](/wildfire-risk/zip/92236/) **Moderate** 35 ZIPs - [92277 50](/wildfire-risk/zip/92277/) - [92254 Mecca49](/wildfire-risk/zip/92254/) - [92562 De Luz Ranchos47](/wildfire-risk/zip/92562/) - [92241 Indio Hills46](/wildfire-risk/zip/92241/) - [92320 Calimesa46](/wildfire-risk/zip/92320/) - [92225 Blythe46](/wildfire-risk/zip/92225/) - [92239 46](/wildfire-risk/zip/92239/) - [92883 Temescal Valley45](/wildfire-risk/zip/92883/) - [92567 Lakeview44](/wildfire-risk/zip/92567/) - [92223 Beaumont43](/wildfire-risk/zip/92223/) - [92509 Jurupa Valley43](/wildfire-risk/zip/92509/) - [92551 Moreno Valley40](/wildfire-risk/zip/92551/) - [92262 Palm Springs40](/wildfire-risk/zip/92262/) - [92591 Temecula39](/wildfire-risk/zip/92591/) - [92553 Moreno Valley38](/wildfire-risk/zip/92553/) - [92571 Nuevo38](/wildfire-risk/zip/92571/) - [92211 Desert Palms38](/wildfire-risk/zip/92211/) - [92587 Canyon Lake38](/wildfire-risk/zip/92587/) - [92881 El Cerrito38](/wildfire-risk/zip/92881/) - [92882 Corona36](/wildfire-risk/zip/92882/) - [92203 Indio36](/wildfire-risk/zip/92203/) - [92240 Desert Hot Springs35](/wildfire-risk/zip/92240/) - [92507 Riverside33](/wildfire-risk/zip/92507/) - [92503 El Cerrito33](/wildfire-risk/zip/92503/) - [92201 Indio33](/wildfire-risk/zip/92201/) - [92276 Thousand Palms31](/wildfire-risk/zip/92276/) - [92880 Norco30](/wildfire-risk/zip/92880/) - [92543 Hemet30](/wildfire-risk/zip/92543/) - [92586 Menifee30](/wildfire-risk/zip/92586/) - [92501 Riverside28](/wildfire-risk/zip/92501/) - [92253 La Quinta28](/wildfire-risk/zip/92253/) - [92860 Norco27](/wildfire-risk/zip/92860/) - [92584 Menifee26](/wildfire-risk/zip/92584/) - [92274 Oasis26](/wildfire-risk/zip/92274/) - [92234 Cathedral City26](/wildfire-risk/zip/92234/) **Low** 3 ZIPs - [92270 Rancho Mirage21](/wildfire-risk/zip/92270/) - [92210 Indian Wells18](/wildfire-risk/zip/92210/) - [92260 Palm Desert18](/wildfire-risk/zip/92260/) **No sampled point inside** 41 ZIPs [85334 Blythe](/wildfire-risk/zip/85334/) · [85344](/wildfire-risk/zip/85344/) · [91708 Eastvale](/wildfire-risk/zip/91708/) · [91709 Eastvale](/wildfire-risk/zip/91709/) · [91752 Eastvale](/wildfire-risk/zip/91752/) · [91761 Eastvale](/wildfire-risk/zip/91761/) · [91762 Eastvale](/wildfire-risk/zip/91762/) · [92004 Oasis](/wildfire-risk/zip/92004/) · [92028 De Luz Ranchos](/wildfire-risk/zip/92028/) · [92059 Pechanga](/wildfire-risk/zip/92059/) · [92060 Radec](/wildfire-risk/zip/92060/) · [92086 Anza](/wildfire-risk/zip/92086/) · [92230 Banning](/wildfire-risk/zip/92230/) · [92252 Desert Edge](/wildfire-risk/zip/92252/) · [92256 Desert Hot Springs](/wildfire-risk/zip/92256/) · [92257](/wildfire-risk/zip/92257/) · [92258 Desert Hot Springs](/wildfire-risk/zip/92258/) · [92266](/wildfire-risk/zip/92266/) · [92280](/wildfire-risk/zip/92280/) · [92284 Desert Hot Springs](/wildfire-risk/zip/92284/) · [92313 Riverside](/wildfire-risk/zip/92313/) · [92316 Riverside](/wildfire-risk/zip/92316/) · [92324 Riverside](/wildfire-risk/zip/92324/) · [92337 Jurupa Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/92337/) · [92339 Banning](/wildfire-risk/zip/92339/) · [92373 Calimesa](/wildfire-risk/zip/92373/) · [92399 Calimesa](/wildfire-risk/zip/92399/) · [92504 Riverside](/wildfire-risk/zip/92504/) · [92505 Norco](/wildfire-risk/zip/92505/) · [92506 Riverside](/wildfire-risk/zip/92506/) · [92508 Mead Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/92508/) · [92518 Moreno Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/92518/) · [92521 Riverside](/wildfire-risk/zip/92521/) · [92545 Winchester](/wildfire-risk/zip/92545/) · [92557 Moreno Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/92557/) · [92585 Homeland](/wildfire-risk/zip/92585/) · [92676 Temescal Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/92676/) · [92679 Temescal Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/92679/) · [92694 Horsethief Canyon Ranch](/wildfire-risk/zip/92694/) · [92879 Corona](/wildfire-risk/zip/92879/) · [92887 Corona](/wildfire-risk/zip/92887/) Grouped from 59 of 100 ZIP areas — the rest had no sample point fall inside them. The community shown is the nearest mapped place to the ZIP's centre. ZIP areas are Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting the county boundary. Where to go next ## Riverside County wildfire risk _in context_ [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 Riverside County address PDF + score + mitigation plan](/#cta) FAQ ## Frequently asked questions about _Riverside County wildfire risk_ Is Riverside County considered high wildfire risk overall? Yes at the county scale: FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Riverside County “Very High” for wildfire risk and “Very High” for wildfire expected annual loss. How much of Riverside County has burned? Since 1984, 755,653 acres have burned, which equals 16.2% of the county. What are the key named fires to know? The largest fire in this record is Esperanza (2006) at 40,177 acres. The most recent large fire is Shore (2026). Does wildfire risk really change that much within the county? Yes. In the scored places, values range from 15.5 in Coachella to 84.7 in East Hemet. Is fire weather the same thing as burn probability? No. Fire weather is a separate measure; in this county it ranges from 51.0 to 68.2 across scored locations. The USFS model’s mean annual burn probability is 0.79%. This page is generated from a Riverside 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. ## What does _your parcel_ look like, layer by layer? A 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. [Start with your address →](/#cta) [![PRR](/images/prr.png)](/ficha-de-website-voucher-satelife.pdf) © 2024–2026 Satelife, Lda. All rights reserved. Satelife reports are for informational purposes only and do not constitute insurance, financial, or legal advice.