--- title: "Wildfire Risk in ZIP 85215 (Fort McDowell), Arizona | Satelife" description: "ZIP 85215 in Fort McDowell, Maricopa County, Arizona: no sampled point fell inside it, and the nearest one we measured — 6.7 km away — scores 52 out of 100 (High). The county runs 20–81.8." image: "https://satelife.ai/images/img_01.jpg" canonical: "https://satelife.ai/wildfire-risk/zip/85215/" --- [Home](/)›[Wildfire Risk](/wildfire-risk/)›[Arizona](/wildfire-risk/arizona/)›[Maricopa County](/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-county/)›ZIP 85215 ZIP 85215 · Fort McDowell, Maricopa County, Arizona # Wildfire risk in _ZIP 85215_, Fort McDowell Our sampling grid has no point inside this ZIP. The nearest one, **6.7 km** away near near Fountain Hills, scores **52** out of 100 — **High**, above the Maricopa County middle of 43.2. [Score my 85215 address →](#score-my-address) [Open the Maricopa County page ↓](/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-county/) At a glance ## What we measured in _85215_ 52 nearest measured point — 6.7 km from this ZIP's centre · High 20–81.8 the range across Maricopa County, from 191 points 52% of the way up the county's measured range Fort McDowell nearest mapped community to this ZIP's centre The four tiers on this page are the ones a Satelife address report prints — Low below 25, Moderate to 50, High to 75, Very High above it. Our grid samples the county about every 2.3 km, and this ZIP is small enough to sit between two of those points — so the number above is the closest reading to it, not a reading of it. Either way, two houses in this ZIP can sit in different tiers, and the only way to know which is to score the parcel. ZIP 85215 also reaches into Pinal County — postal areas do not stop at county lines. Its Pinal County side measured 43.9 from 1 points. What does your 85215 address score? The ZIP number above is a neighbourhood median. Slope, the fuel touching the structure, the road out and the fire history within a mile are measured at the address itself. Free to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan Fire record ## The fires _nearest to here_ Distances are from the centre of ZIP 85215 to the centre of each fire's mapped perimeter, so a large fire's edge may have come far closer than the number suggests. The full record for the county — every named fire, the acreage and the share of the county burned — is on the [Maricopa County page](/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-county/). Siphon Fire 2024 · 15,527 acres · Maricopa County 16_km away_ Superstition Fire 2020 · 9,593 acres · Pinal County 16_km away_ Sawtooth Fire 2020 · 24,734 acres · Pinal County 30_km away_ Sand Stone Fire 2024 · 27,390 acres · Maricopa County 31_km away_ Bush Fire 2020 · 193,604 acres · Maricopa County 34_km away_ Where to go next ## ZIP 85215 _in context_ [Wildfire risk in Maricopa County The full county page: fire record, what drives the score, communities](/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-county/) [Wildfire risk in Pinal County This ZIP also reaches into Pinal County](/wildfire-risk/arizona/pinal-county/) [Arizona wildfire risk Every county we publish in the state](/wildfire-risk/arizona/) [How Satelife calculates wildfire risk Data sources, layers, score composition, honest limits](/wildfire-risk/methodology/) [Run a report for a 85215 address PDF + score + mitigation plan](/#cta) This page is built from the Maricopa County data pack: risk samples on a grid across the county, of which none fell inside ZIP 85215 — the reading above is the closest sampled point, 6.7 km from its centre. Scores are informational decision support — not a substitute for official evacuation orders, a fire-agency hazard determination, or an insurer's underwriting judgement, and never a measurement of any individual property. ## What does _your parcel_ look like, layer by layer? A ZIP median is the middle of a neighbourhood. An address-level Satelife report shows where in that spread your property actually sits — PDF, per-layer score, and a prioritized mitigation plan. [Start with your address →](/#cta) [![PRR](/images/prr.png)](/ficha-de-website-voucher-satelife.pdf) © 2024–2026 Satelife, Lda. All rights reserved. Satelife reports are for informational purposes only and do not constitute insurance, financial, or legal advice.