North San Juan, CA
North San Juan, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores North San Juan at the 100th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 190 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks North San Juan at the 100th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where North San Juan's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in North San Juan: 95.3% of its 190 buildings, versus 4.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How North San Juan compares
North San Juan's risk sits at a similar level relative to California (98th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (100th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North San Juan ranks 64 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,226 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 41 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
Because North San Juan 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 North San Juan
With 95.3% of North San Juan 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 North San Juan's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind North San Juan's 64-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what North San Juan's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.