South Jordan, UT
South Jordan wildfire risk explained
South Jordan sits at the 91st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 22,464 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks South Jordan at the 88th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 7.2% of South Jordan's 22,464 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0.2% carry Indirect; the remaining 92.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 22,464 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where South Jordan ranks
Inside Utah, South Jordan sits at just the 59th percentile even though it scores 91st 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, South Jordan ranks 2,943 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 597 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 135 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Jordan
South Jordan's very high rating (91st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 92.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, South Jordan gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where South Jordan's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 22,464 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for South Jordan. The exposure-zones guide covers what South Jordan's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.