Dammeron Valley, UT
Dammeron Valley wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Dammeron Valley at the 99th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 639 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dammeron Valley at the 98th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Dammeron Valley's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Dammeron Valley: 99.7% of its 639 buildings, versus 0.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Dammeron Valley compares
There's little gap between Dammeron Valley's 99th national percentile and its 97th percentile inside Utah, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dammeron Valley ranks 425 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,351 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 12 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Dammeron Valley's very high rating (99th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 99.7% of Dammeron Valley in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Dammeron Valley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 639 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dammeron Valley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dammeron Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.