Circle City, AZ
How exposed is Circle City to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Circle City lands at the 84th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 247 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Circle City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Circle City (79% of 247 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 21.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Circle City ranks
Circle City's 84th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 53rd ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Circle City ranks 5,030 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,231 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 209 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Circle City and the insurance market
Circle City's very high rating (84th 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 Circle City
Because 79% of Circle City's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Circle City's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Circle City's 5,030-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Circle City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.