Palmyra, UT
Palmyra, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Palmyra at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 534 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Palmyra at the 68th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 53.9% of Palmyra's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 8.2% Indirect share and far above its 37.8% Minimal share — a profile where 288 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Palmyra compares
Palmyra's 66th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 25th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 41 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Palmyra ranks 10,606 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,817 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 244 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
Palmyra's high rating (66th 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
With 53.9% of Palmyra 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 534 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Palmyra. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Palmyra, see the exposure-zones guide.