Fort Hunter Liggett, CA
Fort Hunter Liggett, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fort Hunter Liggett lands at the 100th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 280 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fort Hunter Liggett at the 100th percentile, close to its 100th-percentile risk score.
Where Fort Hunter Liggett's buildings actually sit
64.3% of Fort Hunter Liggett's 280 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 180 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 35.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Fort Hunter Liggett ranks
Fort Hunter Liggett scores 100th nationally and 96th within California — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Hunter Liggett ranks 89 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,177 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 53 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fort Hunter Liggett
Because Fort Hunter Liggett 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
With 64.3% of Fort Hunter Liggett 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.
Where Fort Hunter Liggett's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fort Hunter Liggett's 89-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fort Hunter Liggett's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.