Huron, CA
Huron wildfire risk explained
Huron's 1,094 buildings earn a 70th-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, Huron's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 69th percentile nationally.
Where Huron's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 56.2% of Huron's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 1.7% Direct and 42.1% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Huron compares
Inside California, Huron sits at just the 28th percentile even though it scores 70th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Huron ranks 9,446 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,312 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,137 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Huron
Huron's 70th-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
With 56.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Huron gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Huron's figures come from
Huron's 70th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Huron's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.