Hanksville, UT
Hanksville, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hanksville at the 30th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 204 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hanksville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 56.4% of Hanksville's 204 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 43.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Hanksville against the rest of the country
Hanksville's 30th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 2nd ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hanksville ranks 21,981 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,710 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 320 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Hanksville and the insurance market
At the 30th national percentile, Hanksville 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 Hanksville
Because 56.4% of Hanksville'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 204 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hanksville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hanksville, see the exposure-zones guide.