Sunwest, AZ
How exposed is Sunwest to wildfire?
Sunwest's 40 buildings earn a 66th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sunwest at the 67th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
Where Sunwest's buildings actually sit
Of Sunwest's 40 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Sunwest compares
Inside Arizona, Sunwest sits at just the 30th percentile even though it scores 66th 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, Sunwest ranks 10,608 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,161 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 310 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sunwest
At the 66th percentile nationally, Sunwest 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Sunwest (100%), 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
Sunwest's 66th-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 Sunwest, see the exposure-zones guide.