Beaver, UT
How exposed is Beaver to wildfire?
Beaver's 1,877 buildings earn a 81st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Beaver at the 77th percentile, close to its 81st-percentile risk score.
Where Beaver's buildings actually sit
74% of Beaver's 1,877 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 23.6% Direct and 2.5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Beaver against the rest of the country
Inside Utah, Beaver sits at just the 40th percentile even though it scores 81st 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, Beaver ranks 6,037 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,833 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 195 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Beaver
Beaver's very high rating (81st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Beaver
Beaver's 74% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Beaver's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,877 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Beaver. The exposure-zones guide covers what Beaver's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.