Avon, UT
Avon, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Avon at the 91st national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 314 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Avon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Where Avon's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Avon: 71.3% of its 314 buildings, versus 28.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Avon against the rest of the country
Avon ranks lower within Utah (62nd percentile statewide) than its 91st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Avon ranks 2,726 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,268 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 123 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Avon and the insurance market
Avon's 91st-percentile, very 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.
Hardening a home in Avon
Because Direct exposure dominates in Avon (71.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Avon's 2,726-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Avon, see the exposure-zones guide.