Aurora, UT
Aurora, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Aurora sits at the 55th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 620 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Aurora at the 54th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
620 buildings are counted in Aurora, and 66.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 32.4% in Direct exposure or the 1.3% rated Minimal.
How Aurora compares
Aurora ranks lower within Utah (12th percentile statewide) than its 55th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aurora ranks 14,352 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,563 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 286 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Aurora and the insurance market
At the 55th national percentile, Aurora rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 66.3% of Aurora's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Aurora's 55th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Aurora, see the exposure-zones guide.