Wheatfields, AZ
Wheatfields, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wheatfields at the 92nd national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 533 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wheatfields at the 91st percentile, close to its 92nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Wheatfields's 533 counted buildings, 83.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Wheatfields ranks
Wheatfields ranks lower within Arizona (69th percentile statewide) than its 92nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wheatfields ranks 2,383 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,820 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 137 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 92nd percentile nationally, Wheatfields carries the very 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 83.9% of Wheatfields 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 Wheatfields's figures come from
Wheatfields's 92nd-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 Wheatfields's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.