Graton, CA
Graton wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Graton at the 59th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,123 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Graton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 62nd percentile nationally.
Graton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 51.2% of Graton's 1,123 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 33% Direct and 15.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Graton against the rest of the country
Graton ranks lower within California (18th percentile statewide) than its 59th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Graton ranks 12,816 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,128 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,296 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Graton
Graton sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 59th-percentile score like Graton's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Graton
Because 51.2% of Graton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Graton's 12,816-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Graton, see the exposure-zones guide.