Dana Point, CA
Dana Point wildfire risk explained
Dana Point's 11,624 buildings earn a 68th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dana Point's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 69th percentile nationally.
Dana Point's building exposure, zone by zone
62.3% of Dana Point's 11,624 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 11,624 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Dana Point compares
Dana Point ranks lower within California (25th percentile statewide) than its 68th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dana Point ranks 10,234 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,352 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,180 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dana Point
Because Dana Point 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.
Hardening a home in Dana Point
Dana Point's 62.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Dana Point's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dana Point's 10,234-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dana Point's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.