Clipper Mills, CA
Clipper Mills, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Clipper Mills at the 100th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 144 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clipper Mills at the 100th percentile, close to its 100th-percentile risk score.
Where Clipper Mills's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Clipper Mills's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 144 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Clipper Mills ranks
Clipper Mills scores 100th nationally and 99th within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clipper Mills ranks 26 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,112 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 15 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clipper Mills
Clipper Mills's 100th-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 Clipper Mills 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
Clipper Mills's 100th-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 Clipper Mills, see the exposure-zones guide.