Raisin City, CA
How exposed is Raisin City to wildfire?
Raisin City sits at the 67th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 166 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Raisin City at the 65th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Raisin City's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 58.4% of Raisin City's 166 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 41% Direct and 0.6% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Raisin City compares
Inside California, Raisin City sits at just the 25th percentile even though it scores 67th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Raisin City ranks 10,295 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,165 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,185 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Raisin City
Because Raisin City 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
Raisin City's 58.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Raisin City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 166 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Raisin City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Raisin City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.