San Juan Bautista, CA
How exposed is San Juan Bautista to wildfire?
San Juan Bautista's 976 buildings earn a 89th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks San Juan Bautista at the 89th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where San Juan Bautista's buildings actually sit
976 buildings are counted in San Juan Bautista, and 87% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 13% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How San Juan Bautista compares
San Juan Bautista ranks lower within California (58th percentile statewide) than its 89th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, San Juan Bautista ranks 3,552 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,097 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 658 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in San Juan Bautista
San Juan Bautista's 89th-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 San Juan Bautista
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in San Juan Bautista (87% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where San Juan Bautista's figures come from
San Juan Bautista's 89th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what San Juan Bautista's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.