Salina, UT
Salina, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Salina at the 62nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,477 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Salina at the 60th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Salina's building exposure, zone by zone
76.6% of Salina's 1,477 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14% Direct and 9.4% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Salina against the rest of the country
Salina ranks lower within Utah (19th percentile statewide) than its 62nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Salina ranks 12,148 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,278 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 266 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Salina carries the 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Salina's 76.6% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Salina's 12,148-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Salina, see the exposure-zones guide.