Bowie, AZ
Bowie wildfire risk explained
Bowie's 390 buildings earn a 84th-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 Bowie at the 88th percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
Bowie's building exposure, zone by zone
390 buildings are counted in Bowie, and 52.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 47.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Bowie ranks
Bowie ranks lower within Arizona (53rd percentile statewide) than its 84th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bowie ranks 5,000 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,404 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 207 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bowie
At the 84th percentile nationally, Bowie 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 52.3% of Bowie'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
Bowie's 84th-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 Bowie, see the exposure-zones guide.