Del Muerto, AZ
How exposed is Del Muerto to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Del Muerto lands at the 44th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 154 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Del Muerto at the 39th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
Del Muerto's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Del Muerto's 154 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Del Muerto against the rest of the country
Del Muerto ranks lower within Arizona (13th percentile statewide) than its 44th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Del Muerto ranks 17,765 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,687 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 383 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 44th national percentile, Del Muerto rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Del Muerto (100%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Del Muerto's 17,765-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Del Muerto, see the exposure-zones guide.