Taylor, AZ
Taylor, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Taylor lands at the 79th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,132 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Taylor at the 76th percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,132 buildings are counted in Taylor, and 72% 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% rated Minimal.
Taylor against the rest of the country
Inside Arizona, Taylor sits at just the 41st percentile even though it scores 79th 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, Taylor ranks 6,732 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,111 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 259 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Taylor
At the 79th percentile nationally, Taylor 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 72% of Taylor 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 Taylor's figures come from
Taylor's 79th-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 Taylor's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.