Marysvale, UT
Marysvale, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Marysvale at the 93rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 528 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marysvale at the 89th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Marysvale's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 57.8% of Marysvale's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 42.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 305 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Marysvale ranks
Marysvale's 93rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 71st ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 23 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marysvale ranks 2,122 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,901 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 97 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
Marysvale's 93rd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Marysvale (57.8%), 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
Marysvale's 93rd-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 Marysvale, see the exposure-zones guide.