Aneth, UT
Aneth, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Aneth's 260 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Aneth at the 50th percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Where Aneth's buildings actually sit
260 buildings are counted in Aneth, and 89.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Aneth compares
Aneth's 53rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 12th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 41 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aneth ranks 14,703 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,840 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 287 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
Aneth's elevated wildfire rating (53rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Aneth's 89.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 260 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Aneth. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Aneth, see the exposure-zones guide.