Dolan Springs, AZ
Dolan Springs, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dolan Springs's 2,424 buildings earn a 81st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dolan Springs's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 75th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,424 buildings are counted in Dolan Springs, and 89.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.1% rated Minimal.
Dolan Springs against the rest of the country
Dolan Springs's 81st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 46th ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 35 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dolan Springs ranks 6,042 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,452 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 240 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Dolan Springs and the insurance market
Dolan Springs's very high rating (81st 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 Dolan Springs
Dolan Springs's 89.1% 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.
Where Dolan Springs's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,424 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dolan Springs. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dolan Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.