Goldfield, NV
Goldfield, NV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Goldfield at the 35th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 490 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Goldfield at the 31st national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Goldfield's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Goldfield (73.5% of 490 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 26.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Goldfield against the rest of the country
Goldfield's 35th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 7th ranking inside Nevada does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 27 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Goldfield ranks 20,611 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,535 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 114 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Goldfield
At the 35th national percentile, Goldfield rates moderate 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 Goldfield
Because 73.5% of Goldfield's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 490 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Goldfield. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Goldfield, see the exposure-zones guide.