Linnell Camp, CA
Linnell Camp wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Linnell Camp at the 84th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 117 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Linnell Camp at the 87th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Linnell Camp's building exposure, zone by zone
65.8% of Linnell Camp's 117 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 77 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 34.2% are Minimal.
Where Linnell Camp ranks
Linnell Camp ranks lower within California (49th percentile statewide) than its 84th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Linnell Camp ranks 4,907 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,288 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 808 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Because Linnell Camp is in California, a wildfire-hazard disclosure is legally required before a sale closes here — unusual nationally, since only these two states mandate it. The state's FAIR Plan alone carried 668,609 policies by the end of 2025. Full detail in the disclosure-law guide.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Linnell Camp's 65.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Linnell Camp's 84th-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 Linnell Camp, see the exposure-zones guide.