Cassel, CA
Cassel wildfire risk explained
Cassel's 221 buildings earn a 84th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cassel's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Cassel's 221 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 221 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Cassel ranks
Cassel's 84th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 47th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 37 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cassel ranks 5,130 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,072 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 841 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cassel
Cassel's 84th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Cassel in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Cassel's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 221 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cassel. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cassel's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.