Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, CA
How exposed is Lagunitas-Forest Knolls to wildfire?
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls sits at the 92nd 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 864 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lagunitas-Forest Knolls at the 94th percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls: 92.7% of its 864 buildings, versus 7.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls against the rest of the country
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls's 92nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 67th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 25 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls ranks 2,448 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,036 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 519 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls and the insurance market
Because Lagunitas-Forest Knolls 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 92.7% of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls 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 Lagunitas-Forest Knolls's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 864 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lagunitas-Forest Knolls. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lagunitas-Forest Knolls's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.