Ruth, NV
How exposed is Ruth to wildfire?
Ruth's 280 buildings earn a 80th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ruth at the 69th national percentile — 11 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
92.9% of Ruth's 280 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 7.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Ruth ranks
Inside Nevada, Ruth sits at just the 33rd percentile even though it scores 80th 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, Ruth ranks 6,342 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,194 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 83 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ruth
Ruth's high rating (80th 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.
Hardening a home in Ruth
Ruth's 92.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 280 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ruth. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ruth, see the exposure-zones guide.