Santa Venetia, CA
Santa Venetia wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Santa Venetia lands at the 65th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,733 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Santa Venetia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
Santa Venetia's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Santa Venetia (91.2% of 1,733 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 8.7% sit in the Direct zone.
How Santa Venetia compares
Santa Venetia ranks lower within California (23rd percentile statewide) than its 65th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Santa Venetia ranks 10,991 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,287 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 1,208 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Santa Venetia and the insurance market
Because Santa Venetia 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Santa Venetia (91.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Santa Venetia's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,733 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Santa Venetia. The exposure-zones guide covers what Santa Venetia's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.