Cedar Hills, UT
How exposed is Cedar Hills to wildfire?
Cedar Hills sits at the 95th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,469 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cedar Hills's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 91st percentile nationally.
Cedar Hills's building exposure, zone by zone
2,469 buildings are counted in Cedar Hills, and 87.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 6.4% in Direct exposure or the 5.8% rated Minimal.
How Cedar Hills compares
Cedar Hills's 95th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 79th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cedar Hills ranks 1,683 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,356 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 68 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cedar Hills
At the 95th percentile nationally, Cedar Hills 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Cedar Hills (87.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Cedar Hills's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,469 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cedar Hills. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cedar Hills's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.