Life in the WUI

Timberdale Ranch is located within the wildlife-urban interface (WUI), an area where people are living close to natural terrain and flammable vegetation, and where high potential for wildland fire exists.

We the residents have done an excellent job reducing fire risk through tree, brush, and pine needle reduction.  Nearly every lot in the Ranch has undergone some risk mitigation, often thanks to partial government grants.  Grant funding has diminished greatly in the last few years, so now the onus is on us to keep up the good work.  It’s a never ending process.  The highest fire risk to our homes is likely a fire which starts within the Ranch, so we need to exercise great caution on our own properties as well as improving the defensible space around our structures.  Please see this useful explanation of defensible space: https://wfca.com/wildfire-articles/firewise-defensible-space/.