Midway, UT
How exposed is Midway to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Midway at the 97th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 2,775 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Midway's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
Where Midway's buildings actually sit
2,775 buildings are counted in Midway, and 67% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Midway compares
Midway scores 97th nationally and 91st within Utah — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Midway ranks 863 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,816 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 29 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Midway
At the 97th percentile nationally, Midway carries the very 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 Midway
Midway's 67% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Midway's 863-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Midway, see the exposure-zones guide.