Aguanga, CA
How exposed is Aguanga to wildfire?
Aguanga sits at the 100th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 929 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Aguanga at the 100th percentile, close to its 100th-percentile risk score.
Where Aguanga's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Aguanga: 79.3% of its 929 buildings, versus 20.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Aguanga compares
There's little gap between Aguanga's 100th national percentile and its 97th percentile inside California, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aguanga ranks 84 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,473 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 48 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Aguanga
Aguanga's 100th-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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Aguanga (79.3%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 929 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Aguanga. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Aguanga, see the exposure-zones guide.