Sunset, UT
Sunset, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Sunset at the 64th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,993 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sunset's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 65th percentile nationally.
Where Sunset's buildings actually sit
98.6% of Sunset's 1,993 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Sunset ranks
Inside Utah, Sunset sits at just the 21st percentile even though it scores 64th 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, Sunset ranks 11,296 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,500 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 257 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sunset
At the 64th percentile nationally, Sunset carries the 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.
Hardening a home in Sunset
Sunset's 98.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Sunset's 64th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Sunset, see the exposure-zones guide.