San Lucas, CA
San Lucas, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
San Lucas's 134 buildings earn a 76th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks San Lucas at the 76th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
San Lucas's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of San Lucas's buildings (53.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
San Lucas against the rest of the country
San Lucas's 76th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 34th ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 41 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, San Lucas ranks 7,624 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,526 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,034 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in San Lucas
San Lucas's 76th-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
San Lucas's 53.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where San Lucas's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 134 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for San Lucas. The exposure-zones guide covers what San Lucas's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.