Mission Hills, CA
Mission Hills wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mission Hills at the 90th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,308 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mission Hills at the 88th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mission Hills's building exposure, zone by zone
1,308 buildings are counted in Mission Hills, and 77.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 22.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Mission Hills ranks
Mission Hills ranks lower within California (62nd percentile statewide) than its 90th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mission Hills ranks 3,140 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,034 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 604 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Mission Hills and the insurance market
Mission Hills's 90th-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mission Hills (77.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Mission Hills's figures come from
Mission Hills's 90th-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 Mission Hills's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.