Tsaile, AZ
How exposed is Tsaile to wildfire?
Tsaile sits at the 86th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 384 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tsaile's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 78th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
384 buildings are counted in Tsaile, and 90.4% 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.
Tsaile against the rest of the country
Tsaile ranks lower within Arizona (57th percentile statewide) than its 86th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tsaile ranks 4,402 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,538 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 191 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tsaile
Tsaile's very high rating (86th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Tsaile
With 90.4% of Tsaile 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.
More on how this number was built
Tsaile's 86th-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 Tsaile, see the exposure-zones guide.