East Globe, AZ
East Globe wildfire risk explained
USFS scores East Globe at the 95th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 111 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 East Globe at the 94th percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in East Globe: 100% of its 111 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where East Globe ranks
East Globe's 95th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 74th ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 21 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Globe ranks 1,691 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,570 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 117 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
East Globe and the insurance market
At the 95th percentile nationally, East Globe carries the very 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in East Globe (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
East Globe's 95th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond East Globe, see the exposure-zones guide.