Saddlebrooke, AZ
Saddlebrooke, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Saddlebrooke at the 94th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 7,540 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Saddlebrooke at the 94th percentile, close to its 94th-percentile risk score.
Where Saddlebrooke's buildings actually sit
7,540 buildings are counted in Saddlebrooke, and 56.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 40.9% in Direct exposure or the 3% rated Minimal. At 7,540 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Saddlebrooke compares
Saddlebrooke ranks lower within Arizona (72nd percentile statewide) than its 94th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Saddlebrooke ranks 1,908 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,269 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 123 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Saddlebrooke
At the 94th percentile nationally, Saddlebrooke carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Saddlebrooke
Saddlebrooke's 56.1% 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
Saddlebrooke's 94th-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 Saddlebrooke, see the exposure-zones guide.