Navajo Mountain, UT
Navajo Mountain wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Navajo Mountain at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 201 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Navajo Mountain's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
Where Navajo Mountain's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Navajo Mountain: 99.5% of its 201 buildings, versus 0.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Navajo Mountain against the rest of the country
Navajo Mountain's 61st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 17th 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, Navajo Mountain ranks 12,466 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,820 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 270 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Navajo Mountain
Navajo Mountain's high rating (61st 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.
Hardening a home in Navajo Mountain
Because Direct exposure dominates in Navajo Mountain (99.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 201 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Navajo Mountain. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Navajo Mountain, see the exposure-zones guide.