Grand Canyon Village, AZ
Grand Canyon Village, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Grand Canyon Village at the 93rd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 755 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Grand Canyon Village at the 87th national percentile — 6 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
755 buildings are counted in Grand Canyon Village, and 60.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 39.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Grand Canyon Village ranks
Grand Canyon Village's 93rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 70th ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 23 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grand Canyon Village ranks 2,255 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,058 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 133 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Grand Canyon Village carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Grand Canyon Village's 60.1% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 755 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grand Canyon Village. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Grand Canyon Village, see the exposure-zones guide.