Woods Cross, UT
Woods Cross, UT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Woods Cross at the 69th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,687 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 Woods Cross at the 68th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
Where Woods Cross's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 69.6% of Woods Cross's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 6.5% Direct and 23.9% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Woods Cross ranks
Woods Cross ranks lower within Utah (27th percentile statewide) than its 69th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woods Cross ranks 9,912 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,545 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 238 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
Woods Cross and the insurance market
At the 69th percentile nationally, Woods Cross carries the 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
Even with 69.6% of Woods Cross outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,687 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Woods Cross. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Woods Cross, see the exposure-zones guide.