Maish Vaya, AZ
How exposed is Maish Vaya to wildfire?
USFS scores Maish Vaya at the 76th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 72 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Maish Vaya at the 68th percentile, close to its 76th-percentile risk score.
Where Maish Vaya's buildings actually sit
100% of Maish Vaya's 72 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 72 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Maish Vaya ranks
Inside Arizona, Maish Vaya sits at just the 37th percentile even though it scores 76th 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, Maish Vaya ranks 7,678 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,197 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 278 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 76th percentile nationally, Maish Vaya carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Maish Vaya
Because Direct exposure dominates in Maish Vaya (100%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Maish Vaya's 7,678-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Maish Vaya, see the exposure-zones guide.