Spanish Valley, UT
Spanish Valley, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Spanish Valley's 393 buildings earn a 79th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Spanish Valley at the 70th national percentile — 9 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
Direct exposure dominates in Spanish Valley: 92.1% of its 393 buildings, versus 7.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Spanish Valley ranks
Spanish Valley ranks lower within Utah (38th percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Spanish Valley ranks 6,635 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,357 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 203 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Spanish Valley's 79th-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
With 92.1% of Spanish Valley 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.
Where Spanish Valley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Spanish Valley's 6,635-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Spanish Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.