Flaming Gorge, UT
Flaming Gorge wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Flaming Gorge at the 97th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 163 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Flaming Gorge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
Where Flaming Gorge's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Flaming Gorge's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 163 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Flaming Gorge compares
Flaming Gorge's risk sits at a similar level relative to Utah (89th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Flaming Gorge ranks 958 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,306 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 36 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Flaming Gorge
At the 97th percentile nationally, Flaming Gorge 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.
Hardening a home in Flaming Gorge
With 100% of Flaming Gorge in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Flaming Gorge's 958-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Flaming Gorge, see the exposure-zones guide.