Romoland, CA
Romoland, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Romoland at the 93rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 955 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Romoland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Romoland: 92.5% of its 955 buildings, versus 7.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Romoland compares
Inside California, Romoland sits at just the 68th percentile even though it scores 93rd 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, Romoland ranks 2,259 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,269 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 504 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
Romoland's 93rd-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.
Hardening a home in Romoland
Because Direct exposure dominates in Romoland (92.5%), 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 Romoland's 2,259-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Romoland, see the exposure-zones guide.