Kaibab Estates West, AZ
Kaibab Estates West, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kaibab Estates West sits at the 83rd 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 868 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 Kaibab Estates West at the 79th percentile, close to its 83rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Kaibab Estates West's 868 counted buildings, 100% 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 Kaibab Estates West ranks
Kaibab Estates West's 83rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 49th ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 33 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kaibab Estates West ranks 5,504 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,000 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 225 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 83rd percentile nationally, Kaibab Estates West 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Kaibab Estates West's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Kaibab Estates West's 83rd-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 Kaibab Estates West, see the exposure-zones guide.