Castle Valley, UT
Castle Valley, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Castle Valley at the 84th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 468 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Castle Valley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
Castle Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Castle Valley's 468 counted buildings, 100% 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 Castle Valley compares
Inside Utah, Castle Valley sits at just the 45th percentile even though it scores 84th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Castle Valley ranks 5,152 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,930 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 181 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Castle Valley and the insurance market
At the 84th percentile nationally, Castle Valley 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
With 100% of Castle Valley 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 Castle Valley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 468 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Castle Valley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Castle Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.