Burnside, AZ
How exposed is Burnside to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Burnside lands at the 35th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 175 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Burnside at the 33rd percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
Burnside's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Burnside's 175 counted buildings, 80% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Burnside compares
Burnside's 35th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 9th ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burnside ranks 20,379 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,814 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 400 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 35th national percentile, Burnside rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Burnside (80%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Burnside's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 175 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Burnside. The exposure-zones guide covers what Burnside's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.