Oljato-Monument Valley, UT
Oljato-Monument Valley, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Oljato-Monument Valley's 688 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Oljato-Monument Valley at the 37th national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Oljato-Monument Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
99.6% of Oljato-Monument Valley's 688 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 685 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Oljato-Monument Valley compares
Oljato-Monument Valley ranks lower within Utah (6th percentile statewide) than its 44th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Oljato-Monument Valley ranks 17,628 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,786 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 306 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Oljato-Monument Valley
Oljato-Monument Valley's elevated wildfire rating (44th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 99.6% of Oljato-Monument Valley 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Oljato-Monument Valley's 17,628-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Oljato-Monument Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.