West Haven, UT
West Haven, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, West Haven lands at the 59th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 5,962 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Haven at the 59th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where West Haven's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 53.8% of West Haven's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 38.6% Direct and 7.6% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 5,962 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
West Haven against the rest of the country
West Haven's 59th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 16th ranking inside Utah does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 43 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Haven ranks 13,065 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,891 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 275 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
West Haven's elevated wildfire rating (59th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
West Haven's 53.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where West Haven's figures come from
West Haven's 59th-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 West Haven's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.