Centerville (Shasta), CA
Centerville (Shasta) wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Centerville (Shasta) lands at the 97th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,235 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Centerville (Shasta) at the 97th percentile, close to its 97th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
98.7% of Centerville (Shasta)'s 1,235 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,219 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 1.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Centerville (Shasta) ranks
Inside California, Centerville (Shasta) sits at just the 79th percentile even though it scores 97th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Centerville (Shasta) ranks 934 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,437 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 325 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Centerville (Shasta) and the insurance market
Centerville (Shasta) sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 97th-percentile score like Centerville (Shasta)'s can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Centerville (Shasta) (98.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Centerville (Shasta)'s figures come from
Centerville (Shasta)'s 97th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Centerville (Shasta)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.