Winslow West, AZ
Winslow West wildfire risk explained
Winslow West's 248 buildings earn a 40th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Winslow West at the 42nd percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 89.5% of Winslow West's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 10.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 222 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Winslow West compares
Winslow West's 40th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 12th ranking inside Arizona does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Winslow West ranks 18,993 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,193 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 390 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Winslow West
Winslow West's moderate wildfire rating (40th 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 Winslow West (89.5%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Winslow West's 18,993-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Winslow West, see the exposure-zones guide.