Moapa Town, NV
How exposed is Moapa Town to wildfire?
Moapa Town's 691 buildings earn a 63rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Moapa Town at the 69th national percentile — 6 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Moapa Town's 691 counted buildings, 76.6% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Moapa Town compares
Inside Nevada, Moapa Town sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 63rd 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, Moapa Town ranks 11,670 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,753 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 100 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 63rd percentile nationally, Moapa Town 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 Moapa Town
Moapa Town's 76.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 691 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Moapa Town. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Moapa Town, see the exposure-zones guide.