Hildale, UT
Hildale, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hildale's 588 buildings earn a 84th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hildale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 79th percentile nationally.
Hildale's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Hildale: 51% of its 588 buildings, versus 49% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Hildale compares
Hildale's 84th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 44th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 40 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hildale ranks 5,153 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,994 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 182 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Hildale and the insurance market
At the 84th percentile nationally, Hildale 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.
Hardening a home in Hildale
With 51% of Hildale in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Hildale's 84th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hildale, see the exposure-zones guide.