Parker, AZ
How exposed is Parker to wildfire?
USFS scores Parker at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,583 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Parker at the 62nd percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Parker's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 87.4% of Parker's 1,583 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 12.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Parker against the rest of the country
Parker's 61st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 27th ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 34 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parker ranks 12,248 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,818 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 323 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Parker and the insurance market
At the 61st percentile nationally, Parker carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Parker (87.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Parker's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Parker's 12,248-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parker's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.