Mesquite, NV
Mesquite wildfire risk explained
Mesquite's 7,918 buildings earn a 82nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mesquite's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
Where Mesquite's buildings actually sit
Most of Mesquite's buildings (86.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone. At 7,918 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Mesquite compares
Mesquite ranks lower within Nevada (34th percentile statewide) than its 82nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mesquite ranks 5,613 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,143 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 82 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Mesquite and the insurance market
Mesquite's very high rating (82nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mesquite (86.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Mesquite's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mesquite's 5,613-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mesquite's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.