Paragonah, UT
Paragonah wildfire risk explained
Paragonah's 374 buildings earn a 91st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Paragonah's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 86th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
75.1% of Paragonah's 374 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 281 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Paragonah ranks
Inside Utah, Paragonah sits at just the 60th percentile even though it scores 91st nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Paragonah ranks 2,881 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,792 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 129 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
At the 91st percentile nationally, Paragonah carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Paragonah
With 75.1% of Paragonah 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
Paragonah's 91st-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 Paragonah, see the exposure-zones guide.