Richfield, UT
Richfield wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Richfield lands at the 66th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,456 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Richfield at the 66th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
Richfield's building exposure, zone by zone
94.4% of Richfield's 3,456 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 5.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Richfield compares
Richfield ranks lower within Utah (25th percentile statewide) than its 66th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Richfield ranks 10,637 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,837 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 246 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Richfield and the insurance market
Richfield'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
Because 94.4% of Richfield's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Richfield's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Richfield, see the exposure-zones guide.