Star Valley, AZ
How exposed is Star Valley to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Star Valley at the 99th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 1,705 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Star Valley at the 97th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 65.2% of Star Valley's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 34.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 1,111 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Star Valley compares
Star Valley's risk sits at a similar level relative to Arizona (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (99th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Star Valley ranks 463 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,404 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 37 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Star Valley
Star Valley's very high rating (99th 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.
Hardening a home in Star Valley
With 65.2% of Star 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 Star Valley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Star Valley's 463-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Star Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.