Monterey Park Tract, CA
How exposed is Monterey Park Tract to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Monterey Park Tract at the 59th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 77 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Monterey Park Tract's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Where Monterey Park Tract's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Monterey Park Tract: 66.2% of its 77 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 33.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Monterey Park Tract compares
Monterey Park Tract ranks lower within California (17th 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, Monterey Park Tract ranks 12,910 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,998 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,303 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Monterey Park Tract and the insurance market
Because Monterey Park Tract 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.
Hardening a home in Monterey Park Tract
Because Direct exposure dominates in Monterey Park Tract (66.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Monterey Park Tract's 12,910-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Monterey Park Tract, see the exposure-zones guide.