Somerton, AZ
Somerton, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Somerton's 3,697 buildings earn a 46th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Somerton at the 47th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
Somerton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 86.1% of Somerton's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 13.4% Direct and 0.5% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Somerton compares
Somerton ranks lower within Arizona (16th percentile statewide) than its 46th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Somerton ranks 16,915 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,530 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 374 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
Somerton's elevated rating (46th 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
With 86.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Somerton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,697 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Somerton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Somerton, see the exposure-zones guide.