Hollister, CA
Hollister, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hollister sits at the 82nd 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 12,191 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hollister's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
Hollister's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Hollister's buildings (64% of 12,191) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 12,191 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Hollister ranks
Hollister ranks lower within California (43rd percentile statewide) than its 82nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hollister ranks 5,663 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,274 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 888 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Hollister 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 82nd-percentile score like Hollister's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
What would actually reduce this score
With 64% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hollister gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hollister's 5,663-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hollister, see the exposure-zones guide.