Franklin, AZ
Franklin, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Franklin lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 88 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Franklin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
Where Franklin's buildings actually sit
Of Franklin's 88 counted buildings, 70.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Franklin compares
Franklin's 38th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 11th ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Franklin ranks 19,654 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,560 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 394 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Franklin
Franklin's moderate rating (38th 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
With 70.5% of Franklin 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 Franklin's 19,654-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Franklin, see the exposure-zones guide.