Robinson Mill, CA
Robinson Mill wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Robinson Mill at the 100th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 81 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Robinson Mill at the 100th percentile, close to its 100th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Robinson Mill's 81 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 81 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Robinson Mill against the rest of the country
Robinson Mill 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, Robinson Mill ranks 33 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,837 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 22 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Robinson Mill and the insurance market
Because Robinson Mill 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 Robinson Mill
Because Direct exposure dominates in Robinson Mill (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Robinson Mill's 33-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Robinson Mill, see the exposure-zones guide.