Low Mountain, AZ
How exposed is Low Mountain to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Low Mountain lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 257 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Low Mountain's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Low Mountain's 257 counted buildings, 83.7% 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.
Low Mountain against the rest of the country
Inside Arizona, Low Mountain sits at just the 10th percentile even though it scores 37th 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, Low Mountain ranks 20,001 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,907 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 398 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 37th national percentile, Low Mountain rates moderate 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 Low Mountain
Because Direct exposure dominates in Low Mountain (83.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Low Mountain's 37th-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 Low Mountain, see the exposure-zones guide.