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title: "Wildfire Risk in ZIP 95538 (Smith River), CA | Satelife"
description: "ZIP 95538 in Smith River, Del Norte County, CA: the points we sampled inside it score a median 38.5 out of 100 (Moderate), against 15.7–80.9 across Del Norte County. Wildfire risk is measured per parcel, not per ZIP."
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ZIP 95538 · Smith River, Del Norte County, CA

# Wildfire risk in _ZIP 95538_, Smith River

The points we sampled inside this ZIP score a median of **38.5** out of 100 — **Moderate**, below the Del Norte County middle of 61. That is a neighbourhood-scale reading, not a score for any address in it.

[Score my 95538 address →](#score-my-address) [Open the Del Norte County page ↓](/wildfire-risk/california/del-norte-county/)

At a glance

## What we measured in _95538_

38.5 median of the 1 sampled point inside this ZIP · Moderate

15.7–80.9 the range across Del Norte County, from 155 points

35% of the way up the county's measured range

Smith River nearest mapped community to this ZIP's centre

The four tiers on this page are the ones a Satelife address report prints — Low below 25, Moderate to 50, High to 75, Very High above it. A ZIP is a postal area, so the number above is the middle of what we measured inside it. Either way, two houses in this ZIP can sit in different tiers, and the only way to know which is to score the parcel.

What does your 95538 address score?

The ZIP number above is a neighbourhood median. Slope, the fuel touching the structure, the road out and the fire history within a mile are measured at the address itself.

Free to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan

Fire record

## The fires _nearest to here_

Distances are from the centre of ZIP 95538 to the centre of each fire's mapped perimeter, so a large fire's edge may have come far closer than the number suggests. The full record for the county — every named fire, the acreage and the share of the county burned — is on the [Del Norte County page](/wildfire-risk/california/del-norte-county/).

Kelly Fire 2023 · 89,326 acres · Del Norte County 25_km away_

Oak Fire 2017 · 91,125 acres · Del Norte County 48_km away_

Eclipse Complex Fire 2017 · 90,864 acres · Del Norte County 48_km away_

Blue 2 Fire 2008 · 17,552 acres · Del Norte County 48_km away_

Biscuit Fire 2002 · 501,082 acres · Del Norte County 51_km away_

Where to go next

## ZIP 95538 _in context_

[Wildfire risk in Del Norte County The full county page: fire record, what drives the score, communities](/wildfire-risk/california/del-norte-county/) [California wildfire risk Every county we publish in the state](/wildfire-risk/california/) [How Satelife calculates wildfire risk Data sources, layers, score composition, honest limits](/wildfire-risk/methodology/) [Run a report for a 95538 address PDF + score + mitigation plan](/#cta)

This page is built from the Del Norte County data pack: risk samples on a grid across the county, of which 1 fell inside ZIP 95538. Scores are informational decision support — not a substitute for official evacuation orders, a fire-agency hazard determination, or an insurer's underwriting judgement, and never a measurement of any individual property.

## What does _your parcel_ look like, layer by layer?

A ZIP median is the middle of a neighbourhood. An address-level Satelife report shows where in that spread your property actually sits — PDF, per-layer score, and a prioritized mitigation plan.

[Start with your address →](/#cta)

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