Pinedale, AZ
How exposed is Pinedale to wildfire?
USFS scores Pinedale at the 96th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 582 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 Pinedale at the 93rd percentile, close to its 96th-percentile risk score.
Pinedale's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Pinedale's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 582 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Pinedale against the rest of the country
Pinedale ranks lower within Arizona (77th percentile statewide) than its 96th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pinedale ranks 1,281 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,072 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 101 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Pinedale's 96th-percentile, very 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 Pinedale
With 100% of Pinedale 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 Pinedale's 1,281-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pinedale, see the exposure-zones guide.