Escalante, UT
How exposed is Escalante to wildfire?
Escalante sits at the 56th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 754 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Escalante at the 50th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Escalante's buildings actually sit
Most of Escalante's buildings (63%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Escalante ranks
Escalante ranks lower within Utah (13th percentile statewide) than its 56th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Escalante ranks 14,043 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,087 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 284 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Escalante
Escalante's elevated wildfire rating (56th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Escalante
Because 63% of Escalante's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Escalante's 14,043-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Escalante, see the exposure-zones guide.