Adin, CA
Adin wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Adin at the 93rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 282 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Adin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
70.2% of Adin's 282 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 198 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Adin compares
Adin's 93rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 69th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Adin ranks 2,165 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,110 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 489 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Adin
Adin's 93rd-percentile score lands in California, the only two states requiring a wildfire disclosure at sale. California's surplus-lines homeowners market passed 300,000 policies for the first time in 2025, driven by carriers pulling back from wildfire-exposed areas statewide. The disclosure-law guide covers what it requires.
Hardening a home in Adin
Because Direct exposure dominates in Adin (70.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Adin's 93rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Adin, see the exposure-zones guide.