Rough Rock, AZ
Rough Rock wildfire risk explained
Rough Rock's 256 buildings earn a 35th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rough Rock at the 27th national percentile — 8 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
256 buildings are counted in Rough Rock, and 75% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Rough Rock ranks
Rough Rock ranks lower within Arizona (10th percentile statewide) than its 35th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rough Rock ranks 20,348 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,931 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 399 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rough Rock
Rough Rock's moderate wildfire rating (35th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Rough Rock's 75% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Rough Rock's figures come from
Rough Rock's 35th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rough Rock's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.