Snowflake, AZ
Snowflake, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Snowflake at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,858 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Snowflake at the 53rd percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
Snowflake's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 60.5% of Snowflake's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 39.5% Indirect share and far above its 0.1% Minimal share — a profile where 1,728 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Snowflake ranks
Inside Arizona, Snowflake sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 51st 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, Snowflake ranks 15,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,651 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 357 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Snowflake and the insurance market
Snowflake's elevated rating (51st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Snowflake
Because Direct exposure dominates in Snowflake (60.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Snowflake's figures come from
Snowflake's 51st-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 Snowflake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.