Window Rock, AZ
Window Rock wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Window Rock at the 55th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,125 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Window Rock at the 51st national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Window Rock's buildings actually sit
Of Window Rock's 1,125 counted buildings, 63.5% 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 Window Rock ranks
Window Rock ranks lower within Arizona (22nd percentile statewide) than its 55th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Window Rock ranks 14,328 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,113 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 344 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Window Rock
Window Rock's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Window Rock (63.5%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,125 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Window Rock. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Window Rock, see the exposure-zones guide.