Hyde Park, UT
Hyde Park wildfire risk explained
Hyde Park's 2,015 buildings earn a 89th-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 Hyde Park at the 86th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hyde Park's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 35% of Hyde Park's 2,015 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 34.1% Direct and 30.9% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Hyde Park compares
Hyde Park's 89th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 52nd ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 37 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hyde Park ranks 3,449 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,431 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 155 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 89th percentile nationally, Hyde Park 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Hyde Park (35% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Hyde Park's figures come from
Hyde Park's 89th-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 Hyde Park's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.