Tucson Mountains, AZ
How exposed is Tucson Mountains to wildfire?
USFS scores Tucson Mountains at the 85th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 6,476 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tucson Mountains at the 81st national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Tucson Mountains's buildings actually sit
59.3% of Tucson Mountains's 6,476 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 3,839 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 32.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 8.4% are Minimal. At 6,476 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Tucson Mountains ranks
Tucson Mountains ranks lower within Arizona (54th percentile statewide) than its 85th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tucson Mountains ranks 4,873 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,681 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 203 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Tucson Mountains and the insurance market
Tucson Mountains's very high rating (85th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 59.3% of Tucson Mountains 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 Tucson Mountains's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tucson Mountains's 4,873-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tucson Mountains's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.