Ferron, UT
How exposed is Ferron to wildfire?
USFS scores Ferron at the 31st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 908 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 Ferron at the 38th percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Ferron's buildings (67.1%) 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.
Ferron against the rest of the country
Ferron's 31st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 2nd ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ferron ranks 21,856 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,658 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 319 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ferron
Ferron's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Ferron's 67.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Ferron's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ferron's 21,856-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ferron's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.