Mabie, CA
Mabie, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mabie's 137 buildings earn a 99th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mabie at the 98th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
Where Mabie's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Mabie: 100% of its 137 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Mabie compares
Mabie's risk sits at a similar level relative to California (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mabie ranks 436 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,390 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 206 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mabie
Because Mabie 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.
Hardening a home in Mabie
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mabie (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Mabie's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mabie's 436-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mabie's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.