Houck, AZ
Houck, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Houck's 506 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Houck at the 49th percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Houck's 506 counted buildings, 92.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Houck ranks
Houck's 55th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 23rd ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Houck ranks 14,266 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,235 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 342 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Houck and the insurance market
At the 55th national percentile, Houck rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 92.9% of Houck 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.
Where Houck's figures come from
Houck's 55th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Houck's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.