Blue Diamond, NV
Blue Diamond, NV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Blue Diamond at the 93rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 204 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Blue Diamond at the 92nd percentile, close to its 93rd-percentile risk score.
Blue Diamond's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Blue Diamond (79.9% of 204 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 20.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Blue Diamond against the rest of the country
Blue Diamond's 93rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 50th ranking inside Nevada does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 43 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blue Diamond ranks 2,296 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,700 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 62 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Blue Diamond 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 Blue Diamond (79.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Blue Diamond's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Blue Diamond's 2,296-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blue Diamond's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.