Sun Valley, NV
Sun Valley, NV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sun Valley's 8,450 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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sun Valley at the 97th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
Where Sun Valley's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 83.9% of Sun Valley's 8,450 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 16.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 8,450 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Sun Valley ranks
Sun Valley ranks lower within Nevada (74th percentile statewide) than its 98th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sun Valley ranks 729 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,972 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 33 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sun Valley
At the 98th percentile nationally, Sun Valley carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 83.9% of Sun Valley's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Sun Valley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 8,450 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sun Valley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sun Valley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.