Mount Pleasant, UT
How exposed is Mount Pleasant to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mount Pleasant lands at the 79th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,821 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mount Pleasant's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 78th percentile nationally.
Where Mount Pleasant's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 59.7% of Mount Pleasant's 1,821 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 40.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Mount Pleasant against the rest of the country
Mount Pleasant ranks lower within Utah (38th percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Pleasant ranks 6,602 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,002 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 202 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
Mount Pleasant's high rating (79th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Mount Pleasant's 59.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mount Pleasant's 6,602-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mount Pleasant, see the exposure-zones guide.