Lindon, UT
Lindon wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lindon lands at the 92nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 4,219 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lindon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Where Lindon's buildings actually sit
Lindon rates 50.2% Minimal exposure against just 10.4% Direct and 39.4% Indirect — of 4,219 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Lindon against the rest of the country
Lindon's 92nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 63rd ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lindon ranks 2,631 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,041 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 120 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Lindon's very high rating (92nd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Lindon's 50.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Lindon's figures come from
Lindon's 92nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lindon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.