Laughlin, NV
How exposed is Laughlin to wildfire?
Laughlin sits at the 57th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,489 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Laughlin at the 61st national percentile — 4 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Laughlin's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 91.8% of Laughlin's 2,489 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 2.8% Direct and 5.3% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Laughlin ranks
Laughlin's 57th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 16th ranking inside Nevada does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 40 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Laughlin ranks 13,590 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,316 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 103 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 57th national percentile, Laughlin rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Laughlin
Because 91.8% of Laughlin's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Laughlin's 13,590-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Laughlin, see the exposure-zones guide.