Young, AZ
How exposed is Young to wildfire?
Young's 988 buildings earn a 99th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Young's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 98th percentile nationally.
Young's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Young's 988 counted buildings, 100% 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 Young ranks
There's little gap between Young's 99th national percentile and its 93rd percentile inside Arizona, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Young ranks 431 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,021 by building count (1 is largest). Within Arizona alone, it ranks 34 of 441 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Arizona on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Young
Young's 99th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Young
Young's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Young's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 988 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Young. The exposure-zones guide covers what Young's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.