Hazelton, ID
How exposed is Hazelton to wildfire?
Hazelton's 365 buildings earn a 83rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hazelton at the 83rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hazelton's building exposure, zone by zone
86.6% of Hazelton's 365 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 13.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Hazelton ranks
Hazelton ranks lower within Idaho (51st percentile statewide) than its 83rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hazelton ranks 5,451 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,956 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 115 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Hazelton and the insurance market
Hazelton's very high rating (83rd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 86.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hazelton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Hazelton's 83rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hazelton, see the exposure-zones guide.