Kayenta, AZ
Kayenta, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Kayenta lands at the 22nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,863 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Kayenta at the 18th percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
Where Kayenta's buildings actually sit
1,863 buildings are counted in Kayenta, and 65.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 34.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Kayenta compares
Inside Arizona, Kayenta sits at just the 3rd percentile even though it scores 22nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kayenta ranks 24,571 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 427 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kayenta
At the 22nd national percentile, Kayenta rates moderate 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Kayenta (65.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Kayenta's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Kayenta's 24,571-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kayenta's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.