Willcox, AZ
Willcox, AZ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Willcox at the 94th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 2,226 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Willcox's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 96th percentile nationally.
Willcox's building exposure, zone by zone
2,226 buildings are counted in Willcox, and 87% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 13% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Willcox compares
Inside Arizona, Willcox sits at just the 73rd percentile even though it scores 94th 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, Willcox ranks 1,784 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 120 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Willcox
At the 94th percentile nationally, Willcox 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Willcox (87% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Willcox's 1,784-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Willcox, see the exposure-zones guide.