Central Valley, UT
Central Valley, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Central Valley lands at the 73rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 418 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Central Valley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 68th percentile nationally.
Where Central Valley's buildings actually sit
418 buildings are counted in Central Valley, and 36.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 30.4% rated Minimal.
Central Valley against the rest of the country
Inside Utah, Central Valley sits at just the 31st percentile even though it scores 73rd 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, Central Valley ranks 8,431 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,868 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 227 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Central Valley and the insurance market
Central Valley's high rating (73rd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Central Valley
Because Direct exposure dominates in Central Valley (36.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Central Valley's 73rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Central Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.