Sutcliffe, NV
Sutcliffe, NV's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Sutcliffe at the 97th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 183 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sutcliffe at the 97th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sutcliffe's buildings actually sit
183 buildings are counted in Sutcliffe, and 82.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.6% rated Minimal.
Where Sutcliffe ranks
Sutcliffe ranks lower within Nevada (64th percentile statewide) than its 97th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sutcliffe ranks 947 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,507 by building count (1 is largest). Within Nevada alone, it ranks 45 of 123 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Nevada on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe's 97th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 82.5% of Sutcliffe 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 Sutcliffe's figures come from
Sutcliffe's 97th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sutcliffe's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.