Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
Chilcoot-Vinton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Chilcoot-Vinton lands at the 95th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 409 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Chilcoot-Vinton at the 95th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Chilcoot-Vinton's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Chilcoot-Vinton's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 409 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Chilcoot-Vinton ranks
Chilcoot-Vinton's 95th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 74th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Chilcoot-Vinton ranks 1,532 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,045 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 403 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Chilcoot-Vinton
Chilcoot-Vinton 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 95th-percentile score like Chilcoot-Vinton's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Chilcoot-Vinton 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.
More on how this number was built
Chilcoot-Vinton's 95th-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 Chilcoot-Vinton, see the exposure-zones guide.