Hawthorne, NV
How exposed is Hawthorne to wildfire?
USFS scores Hawthorne at the 52nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,180 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hawthorne at the 54th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Hawthorne's buildings actually sit
2,180 buildings are counted in Hawthorne, and 97.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 2.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Hawthorne compares
Inside Nevada, Hawthorne sits at just the 13th percentile even though it scores 52nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hawthorne ranks 15,256 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,990 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 107 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Hawthorne and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Hawthorne rates elevated 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 Hawthorne
Hawthorne's 97.5% 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
Hawthorne's 52nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hawthorne, see the exposure-zones guide.