Bellemont, AZ
Bellemont, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bellemont's 332 buildings earn a 99th-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 Bellemont at the 100th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
Bellemont's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bellemont (84.3% of 332 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 15.7% sit in the Direct zone.
How Bellemont compares
Bellemont's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arizona (96th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bellemont ranks 176 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,748 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 16 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bellemont
At the 99th percentile nationally, Bellemont carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Bellemont (84.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bellemont's 176-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bellemont, see the exposure-zones guide.