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  "title": "Wildfire Risk in Maricopa County, Arizona 2026 | Satelife",
  "description": "Wildfire risk in Maricopa County spans a wide range, from lower-scored places like Queen Creek at 20.0 to higher-scored areas near Cave Creek at 81.8. Most of the places we scored fall in the Moderate tier, with 129 points there.",
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  "content": "[Home](/)›[Wildfire Risk](/wildfire-risk/)›[Arizona](/wildfire-risk/arizona/)›Maricopa County\n\nMaricopa County, Arizona\n\n# Wildfire risk in Maricopa County: _where it is highest_, and why\n\nWildfire risk in Maricopa County spans a wide range, from lower-scored places like Queen Creek at 20.0 to higher-scored areas near Cave Creek at 81.8. Most of the places we scored fall in the Moderate tier, with 129 points there.\n\n[Score my Maricopa County address →](#score-my-address) [How risky is this county? ↓](#risk-at-a-glance)\n\nBefore 20002000s2010s2020sCommunity\n\nMaricopa County — the largest fires on record, at their perimeter centres, with the county’s main communities. Select a marker for its detail.\n\nAt a glance\n\n## Half of Maricopa County scores _Moderate_ or worse\n\nWe scored 191 points across Maricopa County on the same 0–100 scale a Satelife address report uses, and they do not land in one place. 3% of them come out Very High, while 9% are Low. Which end your own parcel sits at is not something a county map can tell you.\n\n20%\n\n68%\n\n**Very High** 3% · 6 of 191 points **High** 20% · 38 of 191 points **Moderate** 68% · 129 of 191 points **Low** 9% · 18 of 191 points\n\nSafest end we measured 20 near Queen Creek · Low\n\nMiddle of the county 43.2 Moderate — half of Maricopa County is above this\n\nMost exposed end we measured 81.8 near Cave Creek · Very High\n\n### And the federal models agree it is a fire county\n\nRelatively High FEMA National Risk Index — wildfire risk rating · index score 99.6 / 100\n\n$42.2M / yr FEMA NRI — expected annual loss from wildfire · rated Relatively High\n\n0.21% USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities — mean annual burn probability · 90th-percentile cell 0.55%\n\n4.5 ft USFS WRC — mean conditional flame length · 94% of the county carries burnable fuel\n\nFEMA NRI also rates Maricopa County: all-hazards risk Very High · social vulnerability Relatively Low · community resilience Very Low · annualised wildfire frequency 0.0019.\n\nSources: FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (Dec 2025), county record · USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities v2.0, mean of the grid cells inside the county. Both describe the county as a whole, never an address in it.\n\nWhat does your Maricopa County address score?\n\nA county range shows the spread. Your parcel sits somewhere inside it — the report says where, and what to do about it.\n\nFree to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan\n\nLocal context\n\n## What the data says about _Maricopa County_\n\nAt the county level, FEMA’s National Risk Index rates wildfire risk as Relatively High, and wildfire expected annual loss as Relatively High. Since 1984, 11.5% of Maricopa County has burned within mapped fire perimeters.\n\nFire record\n\n## Where the fires _actually were_\n\nFire perimeters in and around Maricopa County are not rare in the historical record: 242 perimeters are mapped since 1984, totaling 677,609 acres.\n\nThe largest fire listed for this county is the Bush fire (2020), at 193,604 acres.\n\nThe most recent large fire is AFM - Hazen (2026). Another major incident tied to this county is the Cave Creek Complex (2005), which is marked as partly in the county and totaled 250,243 acres. Structure-loss details are not provided here for Valley (2015).\n\n![Bush Fire (2020) in Maricopa County, Arizona - The Bush Fire burning in central Arizona on June 17, 2020 as seen from space](/images/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-county/photos/bushfirearizonajune172020.webp)\n\n**Bush Fire, 2020** — Maricopa County. Photo: NASA · [Public domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BushFireArizonaJune172020.jpg)\n\n![Woodbury Fire (2019) in Maricopa County, Arizona - The BLM Gila District's Safford Hand Crew works on the Woodbury Fire, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Credit: BLM/Kress Sanders](/images/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-county/photos/safford-hand-crew-49419622971.webp)\n\n**Woodbury Fire, 2019** — Maricopa County. Photo: BLMArizona · [Public domain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Safford_Hand_Crew_\\(49419622971\\).jpg)\n\n242 mapped fire perimeters centred in the county since 1984\n\n677,609 acres inside those perimeters since 1984\n\n11.5% of the county's area, as a share of 23,792.4 km²\n\nAFM - Hazen 2026 most recent large fire on record\n\nBefore 20002000s2010s2020s \n\nFire perimeters coloured by decade. Select a perimeter for its name, year and size.\n\nNamed fires on record\n\n-   **Bush Fire**2020193,604 acres\n-   **Woodbury Fire**2019123,973 acres\n-   **Cave Creek Complex Fire**2005250,243 acres in totalcrossed into the county\n-   **Edge Complex Fire**200572,327 acres\n-   **Sand Stone Fire**202427,390 acres\n-   **Siphon Fire**202415,527 acres\n-   **Wildcat Fire**202414,402 acres\n-   **Sears Fire**202014,477 acres\n\nPerimeter sources: NIFC Interagency Fire Perimeter History · WFIGS Interagency Perimeters · largest on record: Bush 2020. Perimeters are simplified for display; acreage is the figure the source records.\n\nCommunities\n\n## Where in the county you are _matters most_\n\nAmong larger cities, several have lower typical scores, including Phoenix at 20.0 and Chandler at 20.0, while Mesa is somewhat higher at 23.9. Tempe stands higher than those at 30.0.\n\nSome smaller communities and foothill/desert-edge areas score notably higher, including Anthem at 56.0 and Cave Creek at 52.1. Fountain Hills is also elevated at 49.5, which fits the wider county pattern of higher risk outside the lowest-scored urban core areas.\n\nAnthem village · 23,190 people\n\n56 _High_\n\nRio Verde village · 2,210 people\n\n53.5 _High_\n\nCave Creek village · 4,892 people\n\n52.1 _High_\n\nNew River village\n\n51.9 _High_\n\nFort McDowell village\n\n50.7 _High_\n\nFountain Hills town · 23,435 people\n\n49.5 _Moderate_\n\nGila Crossing / Kuiwa village\n\n49.1 _Moderate_\n\nMorristown village · 186 people\n\n49 _Moderate_\n\nWittmann village · 684 people\n\n48.4 _Moderate_\n\nMobile village · 100 people\n\n47.9 _Moderate_\n\n31 more communities in Maricopa County\n\nSan Lucy Village / Si:l Mek village\n\n47.7 _Moderate_\n\nCarefree village · 3,690 people\n\n47.1 _Moderate_\n\nDesert Hills village\n\n46.8 _Moderate_\n\nMaricopa Village / Pee-posh village\n\n46.7 _Moderate_\n\nWickenburg town · 7,474 people\n\n46 _Moderate_\n\nAguila village · 565 people\n\n45.7 _Moderate_\n\nLitchfield Park village · 6 people\n\n45 _Moderate_\n\nGoodyear city · 121,116 people\n\n41.8 _Moderate_\n\nKomatke / Komaḍk village\n\n39 _Moderate_\n\nWaddell village\n\n37.7 _Moderate_\n\nSun Lakes town · 14,190 people\n\n36.9 _Moderate_\n\nGila Bend town · 1,892 people\n\n36.9 _Moderate_\n\nAvondale city · 96,196 people\n\n36.6 _Moderate_\n\nSurprise city · 167,537 people\n\n34.5 _Moderate_\n\nBuckeye city · 119,007 people\n\n34.2 _Moderate_\n\nSun City West town · 25,806 people\n\n32.8 _Moderate_\n\nTempe city · 192,838 people\n\n30 _Moderate_\n\nParadise Valley town · 12,658 people\n\n29.7 _Moderate_\n\nSun City town · 37,810 people\n\n28.3 _Moderate_\n\nYoungtown village · 6,165 people\n\n27.8 _Moderate_\n\nEl Mirage town · 35,805 people\n\n26.4 _Moderate_\n\nMesa city · 515,486 people\n\n23.9 _Low_\n\nQueen Creek town · 87,006 people\n\n23.3 _Low_\n\nPeoria city · 203,252 people\n\n21.7 _Low_\n\nPhoenix city · 1,675,144 people\n\n20 _Low_\n\nChandler city · 282,048 people\n\n20 _Low_\n\nGilbert city · 279,569 people\n\n20 _Low_\n\nGlendale city · 257,125 people\n\n20 _Low_\n\nScottsdale city · 246,068 people\n\n20 _Low_\n\nTolleson town · 7,216 people\n\n20 _Low_\n\nGuadalupe village · 5,523 people\n\n20 _Low_\n\nThe score is the median of the sampled points nearest that community — a community-scale indicator, not a score for any individual property in it. Population comes from the community's own record where the source carries one.\n\nTerrain & fuels\n\n## Terrain, vegetation and _fuels_\n\nTerrain scores are fairly flat in many places, with a county middle point of 40.0 and a high of 65.0 near Gila Bend. Vegetation and fuels are generally elevated in the scored points, with a middle point of 79.5 and a high of 80.0 in unincorporated Maricopa County.\n\nFire weather was not measured in these county scores.\n\nWhat is measured does still show local contrasts: hazard-zone scores run up to 85.6 at Gila Crossing / Kuiwa, and fire-history scores reach 95.0 near Fort McDowell.\n\n40 median terrain score (max 65 near Gila Bend)\n\n79.5 median vegetation & fuels score (max 80 near unincorporated Maricopa County)\n\nFire weather\n\n## Fire weather across _Maricopa County_\n\nFire weather was not measured at the sampled points in Maricopa County. The other four indicators on this page were, and the bars below show what they found.\n\nWhat drives it\n\n## Which part of the risk _moves_, and which doesn't\n\nAcross the county, the overall wildfire risk middle point is 43.2, with scored places ranging from 20.0 up to 81.8. That spread means buyers can see very different risk conditions from one part of Maricopa County to another.\n\nBy tier counts, Moderate is the largest group at 129 points, followed by High at 38 and Very High at 6. So while many places cluster in the middle, a smaller set of locations sits in clearly higher-risk territory.\n\nEach bar is what one part of the score covers across Maricopa County, on the same 0–100 scale. A long bar is a part of the risk that depends on where you are; a short one is the same almost everywhere.\n\nTerrain\n\n40–65 highest near Gila Bend\n\nVegetation & fuels\n\n20–80 highest near unincorporated Maricopa County\n\nHazard zone\n\n10–85.6 highest near Gila Crossing / Kuiwa\n\nFire history\n\n5–95 highest near Fort McDowell\n\nOverall score\n\n20–81.8 highest near Cave Creek\n\nThe tick on each bar is the middle value. Tier boundaries — Moderate at 25, High at 50, Very High at 75 — are the faint lines behind them.\n\nShow every number behind these bars\n\nLayer\n\nMin\n\nMedian\n\nMax\n\nLowest place\n\nHighest place\n\nPoints\n\nTerrain\n\n40\n\n40\n\n65\n\nunincorporated Maricopa County\n\nnear Gila Bend\n\n190\n\nVegetation & fuels\n\n20\n\n79.5\n\n80\n\nQueen Creek\n\nunincorporated Maricopa County\n\n191\n\nHazard zone\n\n10\n\n34.7\n\n85.6\n\nunincorporated Maricopa County\n\nGila Crossing / Kuiwa\n\n191\n\nFire history\n\n5\n\n5\n\n95\n\nunincorporated Maricopa County\n\nnear Fort McDowell\n\n191\n\nComposite\n\n20\n\n43.2\n\n81.8\n\nQueen Creek\n\nnear Cave Creek\n\n191\n\nIndependently of Satelife's layers, the USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities grid puts the county's mean annual burn probability at **0.21%** (90th percentile cell: **0.55%**), with a mean conditional flame length of **4.5 ft**. **94%** of the 26,223 grid cells inside the county carry burnable fuel at all.\n\nSource: USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities v2.0 (ImageServer, county extent).\n\nCAL FIRE has no mapped Fire Hazard Severity Zone at **191** of the 191 sampled points — the zones cover Local Responsibility Areas, and most of this county is state or federal land. At **154** of them the USFS grid above supplied the hazard reading instead; at the remaining 37 the hazard weight is renormalised away rather than scored as low.\n\n191 sample points on a ~2.3 km grid, plus one at the centre of each community, weighted with the Satelife county profile v1 · median layer coverage 90%. Scores are 0–100 and comparable within the county, not across states.\n\nFor a property\n\n## What a county range means for _one address_\n\nFor property-level context, the USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities product reports a mean annual burn probability of 0.21, with a 90th-percentile cell value of 0.55. It also indicates that 93.9% of Maricopa County is in places that can burn.\n\nThis same product reports a mean conditional flame length of 4.5 feet. Together with FEMA’s countywide Relatively High wildfire rating, that supports treating wildfire risk as a meaningful part of due diligence for homes, land, and listings in this county.\n\nAcross 191 sampled points in Maricopa County, the score runs from 20 to 81.8 — two neighbouring parcels can sit in different tiers. A county number is the middle of that spread; it says nothing about which end yours is at.\n\nFind out where your Maricopa County parcel sits\n\nSlope, the fuel touching the structure, the road out, the fire history within a mile — measured at your address, not averaged across the county.\n\nFree to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan\n\nCoverage\n\n## ZIP codes we cover in Maricopa County\n\nEvery one of the 148 ZIP areas that touch Maricopa County — we run address-level reports in all of them. They are grouped by the median score of the points we sampled inside each, which is a neighbourhood-scale indicator and **not** a score for any property: two homes in the same ZIP routinely land in different tiers.\n\n**High** 10 ZIPs\n\n-   [85262 Carefree73](/wildfire-risk/zip/85262/)\n-   [85263 Rio Verde72](/wildfire-risk/zip/85263/)\n-   [85545 69](/wildfire-risk/zip/85545/)\n-   [85264 Rio Verde69](/wildfire-risk/zip/85264/)\n-   [85387 Sun City West59](/wildfire-risk/zip/85387/)\n-   [85087 New River58](/wildfire-risk/zip/85087/)\n-   [85377 Carefree53](/wildfire-risk/zip/85377/)\n-   [85331 Cave Creek53](/wildfire-risk/zip/85331/)\n-   [85207 Gilbert52](/wildfire-risk/zip/85207/)\n-   [85139 Mobile50](/wildfire-risk/zip/85139/)\n\n**Moderate** 39 ZIPs\n\n-   [85255 Fountain Hills49](/wildfire-risk/zip/85255/)\n-   [85086 Desert Hills49](/wildfire-risk/zip/85086/)\n-   [85342 Morristown48](/wildfire-risk/zip/85342/)\n-   [85320 Aguila47](/wildfire-risk/zip/85320/)\n-   [85390 Wickenburg47](/wildfire-risk/zip/85390/)\n-   [85085 Desert Hills47](/wildfire-risk/zip/85085/)\n-   [85321 47](/wildfire-risk/zip/85321/)\n-   [85361 Wittmann47](/wildfire-risk/zip/85361/)\n-   [85016 Paradise Valley45](/wildfire-risk/zip/85016/)\n-   [85226 Sun Lakes45](/wildfire-risk/zip/85226/)\n-   [85340 Waddell45](/wildfire-risk/zip/85340/)\n-   [85322 San Lucy Village / Si:l Mek44](/wildfire-risk/zip/85322/)\n-   [85383 Sun City West44](/wildfire-risk/zip/85383/)\n-   [85326 Buckeye43](/wildfire-risk/zip/85326/)\n-   [85373 Sun City West42](/wildfire-risk/zip/85373/)\n-   [85339 Gila Crossing / Kuiwa42](/wildfire-risk/zip/85339/)\n-   [85395 Goodyear42](/wildfire-risk/zip/85395/)\n-   [85396 Waddell40](/wildfire-risk/zip/85396/)\n-   [85268 Fountain Hills39](/wildfire-risk/zip/85268/)\n-   [85354 39](/wildfire-risk/zip/85354/)\n-   [85337 San Lucy Village / Si:l Mek38](/wildfire-risk/zip/85337/)\n-   [85338 Avondale38](/wildfire-risk/zip/85338/)\n-   [85022 Paradise Valley38](/wildfire-risk/zip/85022/)\n-   [85355 Waddell38](/wildfire-risk/zip/85355/)\n-   [85248 Sun Lakes37](/wildfire-risk/zip/85248/)\n-   [85333 37](/wildfire-risk/zip/85333/)\n-   [85018 Paradise Valley36](/wildfire-risk/zip/85018/)\n-   [85323 Avondale35](/wildfire-risk/zip/85323/)\n-   [85374 Surprise35](/wildfire-risk/zip/85374/)\n-   [85032 Paradise Valley33](/wildfire-risk/zip/85032/)\n-   [85353 Tolleson33](/wildfire-risk/zip/85353/)\n-   [85298 Queen Creek33](/wildfire-risk/zip/85298/)\n-   [85256 Scottsdale32](/wildfire-risk/zip/85256/)\n-   [85020 Paradise Valley31](/wildfire-risk/zip/85020/)\n-   [85281 Tempe30](/wildfire-risk/zip/85281/)\n-   [85375 Sun City West29](/wildfire-risk/zip/85375/)\n-   [85351 Youngtown28](/wildfire-risk/zip/85351/)\n-   [85363 Youngtown28](/wildfire-risk/zip/85363/)\n-   [85335 Youngtown26](/wildfire-risk/zip/85335/)\n\n**Low** 15 ZIPs\n\n-   [85201 Mesa25](/wildfire-risk/zip/85201/)\n-   [85142 Queen Creek23](/wildfire-risk/zip/85142/)\n-   [85204 Mesa23](/wildfire-risk/zip/85204/)\n-   [85253 Paradise Valley22](/wildfire-risk/zip/85253/)\n-   [85345 Peoria22](/wildfire-risk/zip/85345/)\n-   [85003 Phoenix20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85003/)\n-   [85004 Phoenix20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85004/)\n-   [85007 Phoenix20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85007/)\n-   [85042 Guadalupe20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85042/)\n-   [85225 Chandler20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85225/)\n-   [85234 Gilbert20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85234/)\n-   [85251 Scottsdale20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85251/)\n-   [85283 Guadalupe20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85283/)\n-   [85297 Gilbert20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85297/)\n-   [85301 Glendale20](/wildfire-risk/zip/85301/)\n\n**No sampled point inside** 84 ZIPs\n\n[85006 Phoenix](/wildfire-risk/zip/85006/) · [85008 Tempe](/wildfire-risk/zip/85008/) · [85009 Phoenix](/wildfire-risk/zip/85009/) · [85012 Phoenix](/wildfire-risk/zip/85012/) · [85013 Phoenix](/wildfire-risk/zip/85013/) · [85014 Phoenix](/wildfire-risk/zip/85014/) · [85015 Phoenix](/wildfire-risk/zip/85015/) · [85017 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85017/) · [85019 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85019/) · [85021 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85021/) · [85023 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85023/) · [85024 Desert Hills](/wildfire-risk/zip/85024/) · [85026 Tempe](/wildfire-risk/zip/85026/) · [85027 Desert Hills](/wildfire-risk/zip/85027/) · [85028 Paradise Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/85028/) · [85029 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85029/) · [85031 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85031/) · [85033 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85033/) · [85034 Phoenix](/wildfire-risk/zip/85034/) · [85035 Tolleson](/wildfire-risk/zip/85035/) · [85037 Tolleson](/wildfire-risk/zip/85037/) · [85040 Phoenix](/wildfire-risk/zip/85040/) · [85041 Phoenix](/wildfire-risk/zip/85041/) · [85043 Tolleson](/wildfire-risk/zip/85043/) · [85044 Guadalupe](/wildfire-risk/zip/85044/) · [85045 Komatke / Komaḍk](/wildfire-risk/zip/85045/) · [85048 Guadalupe](/wildfire-risk/zip/85048/) · [85050 Carefree](/wildfire-risk/zip/85050/) · [85051 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85051/) · [85053 Peoria](/wildfire-risk/zip/85053/) · [85054 Paradise Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/85054/) · [85083 Desert Hills](/wildfire-risk/zip/85083/) · [85118 Queen Creek](/wildfire-risk/zip/85118/) · [85119 Queen Creek](/wildfire-risk/zip/85119/) · [85120 Queen Creek](/wildfire-risk/zip/85120/) · [85121 Sun Lakes](/wildfire-risk/zip/85121/) · [85202 Mesa](/wildfire-risk/zip/85202/) · [85203 Mesa](/wildfire-risk/zip/85203/) · [85205 Mesa](/wildfire-risk/zip/85205/) · [85206 Gilbert](/wildfire-risk/zip/85206/) · [85208 Gilbert](/wildfire-risk/zip/85208/) · [85209 Queen Creek](/wildfire-risk/zip/85209/) · [85210 Mesa](/wildfire-risk/zip/85210/) · [85212 Queen Creek](/wildfire-risk/zip/85212/) · [85213 Mesa](/wildfire-risk/zip/85213/) · [85215 Fort McDowell](/wildfire-risk/zip/85215/) · [85224 Chandler](/wildfire-risk/zip/85224/) · [85233 Gilbert](/wildfire-risk/zip/85233/) · [85236 Gilbert](/wildfire-risk/zip/85236/) · [85249 Sun Lakes](/wildfire-risk/zip/85249/) · [85250 Scottsdale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85250/) · [85254 Paradise Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/85254/) · [85257 Scottsdale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85257/) · [85258 Paradise Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/85258/) · [85259 Fountain Hills](/wildfire-risk/zip/85259/) · [85260 Paradise Valley](/wildfire-risk/zip/85260/) · [85266 Carefree](/wildfire-risk/zip/85266/) · [85282 Tempe](/wildfire-risk/zip/85282/) · [85284 Guadalupe](/wildfire-risk/zip/85284/) · [85286 Chandler](/wildfire-risk/zip/85286/) · [85295 Gilbert](/wildfire-risk/zip/85295/) · [85296 Gilbert](/wildfire-risk/zip/85296/) · [85302 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85302/) · [85303 Glendale](/wildfire-risk/zip/85303/) · [85304 Peoria](/wildfire-risk/zip/85304/) · [85305 Peoria](/wildfire-risk/zip/85305/) · [85306 Peoria](/wildfire-risk/zip/85306/) · [85307 Litchfield Park](/wildfire-risk/zip/85307/) · [85308 Sun City](/wildfire-risk/zip/85308/) · [85309 Litchfield Park](/wildfire-risk/zip/85309/) · [85310 Sun City](/wildfire-risk/zip/85310/) · [85324 New River](/wildfire-risk/zip/85324/) · [85329 Tolleson](/wildfire-risk/zip/85329/) · [85332 Wickenburg](/wildfire-risk/zip/85332/) · [85343 Buckeye](/wildfire-risk/zip/85343/) · [85357 Aguila](/wildfire-risk/zip/85357/) · [85378 El Mirage](/wildfire-risk/zip/85378/) · [85379 Surprise](/wildfire-risk/zip/85379/) · [85381 Peoria](/wildfire-risk/zip/85381/) · [85382 Sun City](/wildfire-risk/zip/85382/) · [85388 Waddell](/wildfire-risk/zip/85388/) · [85392 Litchfield Park](/wildfire-risk/zip/85392/) · [85541](/wildfire-risk/zip/85541/) · [85553](/wildfire-risk/zip/85553/)\n\nGrouped from 64 of 148 ZIP areas — the rest had no sample point fall inside them. The community shown is the nearest mapped place to the ZIP's centre.\n\nZIP areas are Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas intersecting the county boundary.\n\nWhere to go next\n\n## Maricopa County wildfire risk _in context_\n\n[Arizona wildfire risk The statewide picture and every county page we publish](/wildfire-risk/arizona/) [Wildfire risk by state Every state and county we cover](/wildfire-risk/) [How Satelife calculates wildfire risk Data sources, layers, score composition, honest limits](/wildfire-risk/methodology/) [Create a wildfire evacuation plan Zones, egress routes, refuge areas](/wildfire-evacuation-plan/) [Run a report for a Maricopa County address PDF + score + mitigation plan](/#cta)\n\nFAQ\n\n## Frequently asked questions about _Maricopa County wildfire risk_\n\nIs wildfire risk the same everywhere in Maricopa County?\n\nNo. The scored places range from 20.0 up to 81.8, so risk varies a lot by location.\n\nWhat does FEMA say about Maricopa County wildfire risk?\n\nFEMA’s National Risk Index rates Maricopa County’s wildfire risk as Relatively High, and its wildfire expected annual loss rating as Relatively High.\n\nHow much of the county has burned in recent decades?\n\nSince 1984, mapped fire perimeters cover 11.5% of the county, totaling 677,609 acres.\n\nWhat is the biggest fire listed here, and what is the most recent large fire?\n\nThe largest listed fire is Bush (2020) at 193,604 acres. The most recent large fire is AFM - Hazen (2026).\n\nWas fire weather included in these county scores?\n\nNo. Fire weather was not measured in the county scores shown here.\n\nThis page is generated from a Maricopa County data pack assembled on 2026-09-05 (pack v1.0). Scores are sampled across the county, not measured at any individual address, and are informational decision support — not a substitute for official evacuation orders, a fire-agency hazard determination, or an insurer's underwriting judgement. Data versions: fema\\_nri 1.20.0 (Dec 2025) · landfire per adapter · nifc\\_history All Years View · wfigs current · wrc v2.0 (2024) · zcta Census 2020.\n\n## What does _your parcel_ look like, layer by layer?\n\nA county range shows the spread. An address-level Satelife report shows where in that spread your property actually sits — PDF, per-layer score, and a prioritized mitigation plan.\n\n[Start with your address →](/#cta)\n\n[![PRR](/images/prr.png)](/ficha-de-website-voucher-satelife.pdf)\n\n© 2024–2026 Satelife, Lda. All rights reserved.\n\nSatelife reports are for informational purposes only and do not constitute insurance, financial, or legal advice."
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