San Jose, California Wildfire Risk Score
San Jose, California has a 1.6 / 10 wildfire risk score from PerilScore v4 data.
Computed from decades of public weather data using physics-based probability modeling.
- Risk Score (0-10)
- 1.6
- Historical Events
- No data
- Avg Return Period
- No data
- Data Confidence
- 100%
in the record
years between events
San Jose, California has a 1.6 / 10 wildfire risk score, which falls in the moderate band and is in the 75th percentile among scored local areas in this model. The score was snapshotted on 2026-06-17 with 100% model confidence.
What drives this score here?
burning index max is the largest V4 contributor from registered local hazard drivers. For this location, the score card also highlights these model signals:
- Flammability: 0.05
- Fire weather: 0.47
- Slope: 0.9 deg
- WUI exposure: No
The strongest component metrics in the snapshot are:
- Burning Index Max: model component 0.080. The raw value is 72.0.
- Historical Fire Proximity: model component 0.079. The raw value is 7.59.
- Slope: model component 0.003. The raw value is 0.9 deg.
For wildfire exposure, the useful signals are flammability, fire weather, terrain, slope, and nearby historical fire proximity. This snapshot marks WUI exposure as no, with slope at 0.9 deg.
How to read the location signal
This page uses the representative local model area around the large city centroid for San Jose, California. That local model area is roughly 5 square kilometers, so the score is a practical place-level signal for browsing and comparison. The building-level view comes from entering a street address.
Because San Jose is a large population center, this page is included as a representative local area view. Boundary-wide aggregation belongs in a separate county or citywide rollup.
The model confidence is high enough for direct local comparison across nearby pages.
The source record for this page is: PerilScore local wildfire local model feature table with LANDFIRE, WUI, terrain, fire weather, and perimeter drivers
Why building details matter
A street-address score can account for the unique characteristics of a specific building, including age, construction type, roof shape and condition, occupancy, elevation, defensible space, drainage, terrain, and nearby exposure. Those details can change resilience or susceptibility around the same location-level score.
Use this city page when you want a recognizable local reference point for comparing nearby ZIPs and counties. The percentile gives a useful comparison point, while the address-level score handles the building and immediate surroundings.
Use the PerilScore app to enter a street address and see the full property-specific score.
The local score is the starting point
A specific building can perform differently from the surrounding area. The PerilScore street-address check adds building age, construction type, roof details, occupancy, elevation, defensible space, drainage, terrain, and nearby exposure to the wildfire layer shown here.
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