Fort Mohave, AZ
How exposed is Fort Mohave to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fort Mohave lands at the 53rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 8,701 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fort Mohave's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Fort Mohave's building exposure, zone by zone
65.9% of Fort Mohave's 8,701 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 6.8% Direct and 27.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 8,701 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Fort Mohave ranks
Fort Mohave's 53rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 21st ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Mohave ranks 14,769 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,913 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 347 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fort Mohave
At the 53rd national percentile, Fort Mohave rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Fort Mohave
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Fort Mohave (65.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fort Mohave's 14,769-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fort Mohave, see the exposure-zones guide.