Stevinson, CA
Stevinson, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Stevinson at the 81st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 234 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Stevinson's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
Where Stevinson's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 68.4% of Stevinson's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 10.3% Indirect share and far above its 21.4% Minimal share — a profile where 160 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Stevinson ranks
Stevinson's 81st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 41st ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 39 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stevinson ranks 6,108 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,656 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 922 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
Because Stevinson 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Stevinson's 68.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Stevinson's 81st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Stevinson, see the exposure-zones guide.