Point Reyes Station, CA
Point Reyes Station wildfire risk explained
Point Reyes Station sits at the 91st 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 651 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 Point Reyes Station at the 94th percentile, close to its 91st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Point Reyes Station: 74.2% of its 651 buildings, versus 25.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Point Reyes Station ranks
Point Reyes Station's 91st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 64th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Point Reyes Station ranks 2,796 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,190 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 565 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Point Reyes Station
Point Reyes Station's 91st-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.
Hardening a home in Point Reyes Station
With 74.2% of Point Reyes Station 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 Point Reyes Station's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 651 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Point Reyes Station. The exposure-zones guide covers what Point Reyes Station's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.