About Communities At Risk

To help protect people and their property from potential catastrophic wildfire, the National Fire Plan directs funding to be provided for projects designed to reduce the fire risks to communities. A fundamental step in achieving this goal was the identification of communities that are at high risk of damage from wildfire. These high risk communities identified within the wildland-urban interface, the area where homes and wildlands intermix, were published in the Federal Register in 2001. At the request of Congress, the Federal Register notice only listed those communities neighboring federal lands. The list represents the collaborative work of the 50 states and five federal agencies using a standardized process, whereby states were asked to submit all communities within their borders that met the criteria of a structure at high risk from wildfire.

With California's extensive urban Wildland-Urban Interface situation, the list of communities extends beyond just those adjacent to Federal lands. There are 135 communities currently on the Communities at Risk List. The California State Forester (CAL FIRE Director) has assigned the role of managing the list to the California Fire Alliance (Alliance). The Alliance has recently developed a process whereby communities can be added or removed from the list of "communities at risk" to wildfire.

Communities At Risk List

Place Name	County Name	Federal Threat	Federally Regulated	Year
Sabrina	Inyo			2001
Sacramento	Sacramento			2001
Sage	Riverside			2001
Saint Helena	Napa			2001
Salinas	Monterey			2001
Salyer	Trinity			2001
San Andreas	Calaveras			2001
San Anselmo	Marin			2001
San Antonio Heights	San Bernardino			2001
San Bernardino	San Bernardino			2001
San Buenaventura (corporate name for Ventura)	Ventura			2001
San Carlos	San Mateo			2001
San Clemente	Orange			2001
San Diego	San Diego			2001
San Diego Country Estates	San Diego			2001
San Dimas	Los Angeles			2001
San Fernando	Los Angeles			2001
San Francisco	San Francisco			2001
San Jacinto	Riverside			2001
San Jose	Santa Clara			2001
San Juan Bautista	San Benito			2001
San Juan Capistrano	Orange			2001
San Leandro	Alameda			2001
San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo			2001
San Luis Rey Heights	San Diego			2001
San Marcos	San Diego			2001
San Martin	Santa Clara			2001
San Mateo	San Mateo			2001
San Miguel	San Luis Obispo			2001
San Onofre	San Diego			2001
San Pasqual	San Diego			2001
San Rafael	Marin			2001
San Ramon	Contra Costa			2001
Sand City	Monterey			2001
Sandy Gulch	Calaveras			2001
Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara			2001
Santa Clarita	Los Angeles			2001
Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz			2001
Santa Margarita	San Luis Obispo			2001
Santa Maria	Santa Barbara			2001
Santa Paula	Ventura			2001
Santa Rosa	Sonoma			2001
Santa Venetia	Marin			2001
Santa Ynez	Santa Barbara			2001
Santa Ysabel	San Luis Obispo			2001
Santa Ysabel	San Diego			2001
Santee	San Diego			2001
Saratoga	Santa Clara			2001
Sattley - Calpine	Sierra			2001
Saugus-Bouquet Canyon	Los Angeles			2001
Sausalito	Marin			2001
Sawyers Bar	Siskiyou			2001
Scotia	Humboldt			2001
Scott Bar	Siskiyou			2001
Scotts Valley	Santa Cruz			2001
Seaside	Monterey			2001
Secret Town	Placer			2001
Sedco Hills	Riverside			2001
Seiad Valley	Siskiyou			2001
Seminole Hot Springs	Los Angeles			2001
Seneca	Plumas			2001
Shady Glen	Placer			2001
Shasta	Shasta			2001
Shaver Lake	Fresno			2001
Sheepranch	Calaveras			2001
Shelter Cove	Humboldt			2001
Sherwood Forest	Nevada			2001
Shingle Springs	El Dorado			2001
Shingletown	Shasta			2001
Shivley	Humboldt			2001
Sicard Flat	Yuba			2001
Sierra City	Sierra			2001
Sierra Madre	Los Angeles			2001
Sierra Village No.1	Tuolumne			2001
Sierraville	Sierra			2001
Silverado	Orange			2001
Simi Valley	Ventura			2001
Sims	Shasta			2001
Sisquoc	Santa Barbara			2001
Sites	Colusa			2001
Skyhigh	Calaveras			2001
Sleepy Valley	Los Angeles			2001
Smartville	Yuba			2001
Smith River	Del Norte			2001
Smith Station	Tuolumne			2001
Snow Creek	Riverside			2001
Soda Springs	Nevada			2001
Solana Beach	San Diego			2001
Soledad	Monterey			2001
Solvang	Santa Barbara			2001
Somes Bar	Siskiyou			2001
Sonoma	Sonoma			2001
Sonora	Tuolumne			2001
Soquel	Santa Cruz			2001
Soulsbyville	Tuolumne			2001
South Dos Palos (Dos Palos (sta.))	Merced			2001
South Lake	Kern			2001
South Lake Tahoe	El Dorado			2001
South Oroville	Butte			2001
South Pasadena	Los Angeles			2001
South San Francisco	San Mateo			2001
South Santa Rosa	Sonoma			2001
South Taft	Kern			2001
Spanish Flat	Napa			2001
Spaulding	Lassen			2001
Sportshaven	Trinity			2001
Spring Valley	San Diego			2001
Springville	Tulare			2001
Squaw Valley	Fresno			2001
Stafford	Humboldt			2001
Standard	Tuolumne			2001
Standish	Lassen			2001
Stanford	Santa Clara			2001
Starlite	Inyo			2001
Stent	Tuolumne			2001
Stevenson Ranch	Los Angeles			2001
Stewart Point Rancheria (Indian Res	Sonoma			2001
Stinson Beach	Marin			2001
Stirling City	Butte			2001
Stones Landing	Lassen			2001
Stonyford	Colusa			2001
Strawberry	Marin			2001
Strawberry Valley	Yuba			2001
Summerland	Santa Barbara			2001
Sun City	Riverside			2001
Sun Village	Los Angeles			2001
Sunnyside-Tahoe City	Placer			2001
Sunnyslope	Riverside			2001
Susanville	Lassen			2001
Sutter Creek	Amador			2001
Suzy Q Ranch	Trinity			2001
Swall Meadows	Mono			2001
Sweetland	Nevada			2001
Sycuan Indian Reservation	San Diego			2001
Sylvia Park	Los Angeles			2001