Nibley, UT
How exposed is Nibley to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Nibley at the 77th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,191 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nibley at the 72nd national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Nibley's building exposure, zone by zone
2,191 buildings are counted in Nibley, and 50.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 33.3% rated Minimal.
Where Nibley ranks
Nibley ranks lower within Utah (34th percentile statewide) than its 77th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nibley ranks 7,264 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,957 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 216 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Nibley and the insurance market
Nibley's 77th-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.
Hardening a home in Nibley
With 50.7% of Nibley 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,191 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Nibley. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Nibley, see the exposure-zones guide.