Amalga, UT
Amalga, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Amalga at the 39th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 449 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Amalga at the 38th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Amalga's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 53.5% of Amalga's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 46.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Amalga ranks
Inside Utah, Amalga sits at just the 4th percentile even though it scores 39th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Amalga ranks 19,398 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,307 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 314 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 39th national percentile, Amalga rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Amalga's 53.5% 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 Amalga's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Amalga's 19,398-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Amalga's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.