Wikieup, AZ
Wikieup wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wikieup lands at the 82nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 242 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wikieup at the 77th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wikieup's building exposure, zone by zone
242 buildings are counted in Wikieup, and 100% 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.
How Wikieup compares
Inside Arizona, Wikieup sits at just the 48th percentile even though it scores 82nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wikieup ranks 5,759 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,382 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 233 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wikieup
Wikieup's very high rating (82nd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Wikieup (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wikieup's 5,759-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wikieup, see the exposure-zones guide.