Fallon Station, NV
How exposed is Fallon Station to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Fallon Station at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 417 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fallon Station at the 51st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fallon Station's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 87.8% of Fallon Station's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 9.1% Direct and 3.1% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Fallon Station ranks
Fallon Station ranks lower within Nevada (12th percentile statewide) than its 48th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fallon Station ranks 16,269 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,885 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 109 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Fallon Station and the insurance market
At the 48th national percentile, Fallon Station 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
With 87.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Fallon Station gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fallon Station's 16,269-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Fallon Station, see the exposure-zones guide.