Solomon, AZ
Solomon wildfire risk explained
Solomon sits at the 78th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 274 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Solomon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
Solomon's building exposure, zone by zone
94.5% of Solomon's 274 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 5.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Solomon ranks
Inside Arizona, Solomon sits at just the 39th percentile even though it scores 78th 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, Solomon ranks 7,016 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,382 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 268 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Solomon and the insurance market
Solomon's 78th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 94.5% of Solomon'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.
Where Solomon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Solomon's 7,016-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Solomon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.