"Well, it's very surprising," said Jenny Ferreira, who lives in Elk Grove.
According to the data, 85 homes were in the WUI in 1990 compared to close to 10,000 homes in 2020, and the area just keeps growing.
CBS News Sacramento got answers directly from the state fire marshal on why.
Berlant said the Cal Fire maps only look at hazards, which are based on long-term factors like topography, weather, fire history and vegetation type that cannot change, whereas fire risk can change.
CBS News Sacramento asked him if it is safe to build communities in the WUIs. Chief Berlant responded, yes, as long as you follow Cal Fire's building codes, home harden and have five feet of defensible space.
Consumnes Fire defines most areas around Elk Grove as grassland. Cal Fire said if a fire were to ignite here, it would not burn as severely as in a mountain community that is surrounded by forest.
According to CBS News' data collected from the First Street Foundation, 35% of homes in the Sacramento region could be at "major risk" of wildfire in the next 30 years and 19% of homes at "severe risk."
Lam has lived in the area since 2005 and never felt threatened by fire, but it is on her radar now.
Berlant said the issue is that there is no consistency with risk models, which are typically what insurance companies use to determine who to insure.
Cal Fire is researching how fire spreads from one home to another to better understand risk.
We cannot change the terrain, but we can change how we live in the terrain - working together to prevent another devastating wildfire.
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