Shongopovi, AZ
How exposed is Shongopovi to wildfire?
Shongopovi's 230 buildings earn a 27th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Shongopovi's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
Where Shongopovi's buildings actually sit
230 buildings are counted in Shongopovi, and 63.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 36.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Shongopovi ranks
Shongopovi ranks lower within Arizona (6th percentile statewide) than its 27th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shongopovi ranks 23,027 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,780 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 413 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Shongopovi's moderate rating (27th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 63.9% of Shongopovi'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
Shongopovi's 27th-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 Shongopovi, see the exposure-zones guide.