Hooper, UT
Hooper, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Hooper at the 74th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 4,138 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hooper at the 73rd national percentile — 1 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
Direct exposure dominates in Hooper: 58.3% of its 4,138 buildings, versus 19.3% Indirect and 22.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Hooper ranks
Hooper's 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 31st ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 43 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hooper ranks 8,180 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,111 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 224 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Hooper and the insurance market
At the 74th percentile nationally, Hooper carries the 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
With 58.3% of Hooper 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
Hooper's 74th-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 Hooper, see the exposure-zones guide.