Fort Hall, ID
Fort Hall, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Fort Hall sits at the 90th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,001 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fort Hall at the 87th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
63.5% of Fort Hall's 2,001 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,271 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 3.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 33.1% are Minimal.
How Fort Hall compares
Inside Idaho, Fort Hall sits at just the 65th percentile even though it scores 90th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Hall ranks 3,277 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,476 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 81 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Fort Hall's very high rating (90th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Fort Hall (63.5%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fort Hall's 3,277-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Fort Hall, see the exposure-zones guide.