Moab, UT
How exposed is Moab to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Moab lands at the 57th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,851 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Moab at the 50th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Moab's buildings (89.1%) 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.
How Moab compares
Moab's 57th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 14th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 43 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Moab ranks 13,692 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,664 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 282 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Moab and the insurance market
At the 57th national percentile, Moab rates elevated 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 Moab
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Moab (89.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Moab's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,851 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Moab. The exposure-zones guide covers what Moab's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.