Kanosh, UT
Kanosh wildfire risk explained
Kanosh sits at the 94th 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 429 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kanosh at the 92nd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Kanosh's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Kanosh's 429 counted buildings, 68.1% 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.
Kanosh against the rest of the country
Kanosh ranks lower within Utah (76th percentile statewide) than its 94th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kanosh ranks 1,841 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,683 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 79 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Kanosh and the insurance market
Kanosh's very high rating (94th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Kanosh
With 68.1% of Kanosh 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kanosh's 1,841-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Kanosh, see the exposure-zones guide.