Verde Village, AZ
Verde Village, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Verde Village lands at the 84th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 5,639 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Verde Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 85th percentile nationally.
Where Verde Village's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Verde Village (74.5% of 5,639 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 25.5% sit in the Direct zone. At 5,639 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Verde Village ranks
Verde Village ranks lower within Arizona (53rd percentile statewide) than its 84th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Verde Village ranks 4,936 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,065 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 206 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Verde Village
Verde Village's 84th-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.
Hardening a home in Verde Village
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Verde Village (74.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Verde Village's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,639 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Verde Village. The exposure-zones guide covers what Verde Village's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.