Circleville, UT
How exposed is Circleville to wildfire?
USFS scores Circleville at the 66th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 551 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Circleville at the 62nd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Circleville's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Circleville (61.2% of 551 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 36.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Circleville ranks
Inside Utah, Circleville sits at just the 24th percentile even though it scores 66th 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, Circleville ranks 10,669 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,564 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 247 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Circleville
At the 66th percentile nationally, Circleville carries the 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Circleville (61.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Circleville's 10,669-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Circleville, see the exposure-zones guide.