Bryce Canyon City, UT
Bryce Canyon City wildfire risk explained
Bryce Canyon City sits at the 66th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 95 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bryce Canyon City at the 63rd percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bryce Canyon City (51.6% of 95 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 48.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Bryce Canyon City against the rest of the country
Bryce Canyon City's 66th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 24th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 42 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bryce Canyon City ranks 10,732 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,292 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 249 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
Bryce Canyon City's 66th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Bryce Canyon City (51.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Bryce Canyon City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 95 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bryce Canyon City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bryce Canyon City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.