Neola, UT
Neola, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Neola sits at the 78th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 393 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Neola at the 77th percentile, close to its 78th-percentile risk score.
Where Neola's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 89.3% of Neola's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 10.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 351 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Neola ranks
Neola ranks lower within Utah (37th percentile statewide) than its 78th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Neola ranks 6,981 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,356 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 208 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Neola
Neola's 78th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 89.3% of Neola in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Neola's 78th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Neola, see the exposure-zones guide.