Antares, AZ
Antares wildfire risk explained
Antares sits at the 75th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 105 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Antares's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
Where Antares's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 99.1% of Antares's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 1% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 104 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Antares compares
Antares's 75th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 37th ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 39 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Antares ranks 7,806 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,792 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 279 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Antares
Antares's 75th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Antares (99.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Antares's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 105 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Antares. The exposure-zones guide covers what Antares's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.