Drysdale, AZ
Drysdale, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Drysdale at the 6th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 117 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Drysdale at the 5th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
Drysdale's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Drysdale's buildings (51.3% of 117) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Drysdale ranks
There's little gap between Drysdale's 6th national percentile and its 0th percentile inside Arizona, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Drysdale ranks 29,709 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,284 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 440 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Drysdale
Drysdale's low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Drysdale
Even with 51.3% of Drysdale outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 117 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Drysdale. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Drysdale, see the exposure-zones guide.