Snyderville, UT
Snyderville, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Snyderville lands at the 95th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 2,612 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Snyderville at the 92nd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Snyderville's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Snyderville: 51.2% of its 2,612 buildings, versus 48.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Snyderville compares
Snyderville's 95th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 79th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Snyderville ranks 1,685 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,080 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 70 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Snyderville
At the 95th percentile nationally, Snyderville 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 Snyderville
With 51.2% of Snyderville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Snyderville's 1,685-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Snyderville, see the exposure-zones guide.