Chuichu, AZ
Chuichu, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Chuichu sits at the 84th 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 145 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 Chuichu at the 85th percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
Where Chuichu's buildings actually sit
100% of Chuichu's 145 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 145 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Chuichu against the rest of the country
Inside Arizona, Chuichu sits at just the 53rd 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, Chuichu ranks 5,061 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,058 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 210 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 84th percentile nationally, Chuichu 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
Chuichu's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Chuichu's 84th-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 Chuichu, see the exposure-zones guide.