Round Valley, CA
How exposed is Round Valley to wildfire?
Round Valley's 231 buildings earn a 87th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Round Valley at the 88th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
231 buildings are counted in Round Valley, and 71.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Round Valley against the rest of the country
Inside California, Round Valley sits at just the 56th percentile even though it scores 87th 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, Round Valley ranks 3,961 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,757 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 698 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Round Valley
Round Valley sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 87th-percentile score like Round Valley's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Round Valley
With 71.4% of Round Valley in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 231 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Round Valley. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Round Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.