June Lake, CA
June Lake, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts June Lake at the 92nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,112 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts June Lake at the 89th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
Where June Lake's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 51.6% of June Lake's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 48% Indirect share and far above its 0.4% Minimal share — a profile where 574 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How June Lake compares
June Lake ranks lower within California (65th percentile statewide) than its 92nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, June Lake ranks 2,668 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,204 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 550 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in June Lake
June Lake 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 92nd-percentile score like June Lake's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 51.6% of June Lake 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind June Lake's 2,668-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond June Lake, see the exposure-zones guide.