Fortuna Foothills, AZ
How exposed is Fortuna Foothills to wildfire?
Fortuna Foothills's 24,859 buildings earn a 59th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fortuna Foothills at the 62nd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fortuna Foothills's buildings actually sit
72.3% of Fortuna Foothills's 24,859 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 27.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 24,859 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Fortuna Foothills compares
Fortuna Foothills ranks lower within Arizona (26th percentile statewide) than its 59th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fortuna Foothills ranks 13,004 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 515 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 329 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fortuna Foothills
Fortuna Foothills's elevated rating (59th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Fortuna Foothills's 72.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fortuna Foothills's 13,004-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fortuna Foothills, see the exposure-zones guide.