Summit Park, UT
Summit Park wildfire risk explained
Summit Park's 3,087 buildings earn a 98th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Summit Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
Summit Park's building exposure, zone by zone
70.2% of Summit Park's 3,087 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,168 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Summit Park against the rest of the country
Summit Park's risk sits at a similar level relative to Utah (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (98th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Summit Park ranks 740 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,303 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 26 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Summit Park and the insurance market
Summit Park's very high rating (98th 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 Summit Park
Because Direct exposure dominates in Summit Park (70.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Summit Park's 98th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Summit Park, see the exposure-zones guide.