San Pasqual, CA
San Pasqual wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts San Pasqual at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 944 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, San Pasqual's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 5.7% of San Pasqual's 944 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 94.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
San Pasqual against the rest of the country
San Pasqual ranks lower within California (12th percentile statewide) than its 52nd 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 Pasqual ranks 15,184 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,349 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,382 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in San Pasqual
Because San Pasqual 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
San Pasqual's 94.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where San Pasqual's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind San Pasqual's 15,184-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what San Pasqual's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.