Kachina Village, AZ
How exposed is Kachina Village to wildfire?
Kachina Village sits at the 99th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,341 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kachina Village at the 99th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
Where Kachina Village's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Kachina Village (50.6% of 1,341 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 49.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Kachina Village ranks
Kachina Village's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arizona (96th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kachina Village ranks 179 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,874 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 19 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kachina Village
Kachina Village's 99th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Kachina Village
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Kachina Village (50.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Kachina Village's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,341 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kachina Village. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kachina Village's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.