Brian Head, UT
Brian Head wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Brian Head at the 86th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 463 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brian Head at the 82nd national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Brian Head's buildings actually sit
82.1% of Brian Head's 463 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 380 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 17.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Brian Head against the rest of the country
Brian Head's 86th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 47th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 40 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brian Head ranks 4,363 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,019 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 175 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 86th percentile nationally, Brian Head 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 82.1% of Brian Head in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Brian Head's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brian Head's 4,363-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brian Head's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.