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title: "Wildfire Risk in ZIP 85263 (Rio Verde), Arizona | Satelife"
description: "ZIP 85263 in Rio Verde, Maricopa County, Arizona: the points we sampled inside it score a median 71.8 out of 100 (High), against 20–81.8 across Maricopa County. Wildfire risk is measured per parcel, not per ZIP."
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ZIP 85263 · Rio Verde, Maricopa County, Arizona

# Wildfire risk in _ZIP 85263_, Rio Verde

The points we sampled inside this ZIP score a median of **71.8** out of 100 — **High**, above the Maricopa County middle of 43.2. That is a neighbourhood-scale reading, not a score for any address in it.

[Score my 85263 address →](#score-my-address) [Open the Maricopa County page ↓](/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-county/)

At a glance

## What we measured in _85263_

71.8 median of the 3 sampled points inside this ZIP · High

20–81.8 the range across Maricopa County, from 191 points

84% of the way up the county's measured range

Rio Verde 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. A ZIP is a postal area, so the number above is the middle of what we measured inside 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 85263 also reaches into Gila County, Yavapai County — postal areas do not stop at county lines. Its Gila County side measured 73.1 from 1 points. Its Yavapai County side measured 80.3 from 1 points.

What does your 85263 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 85263 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/).

Wildcat Fire 2024 · 14,402 acres · Maricopa County 13_km away_

Sand Stone Fire 2024 · 27,390 acres · Maricopa County 14_km away_

Sears Fire 2020 · 14,477 acres · Maricopa County 14_km away_

Edge Complex Fire 2005 · 72,327 acres · Maricopa County 24_km away_

Willow Fire 2004 · 119,952 acres · Gila County 26_km away_

Where to go next

## ZIP 85263 _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 Gila County This ZIP also reaches into Gila County](/wildfire-risk/arizona/gila-county/) [Wildfire risk in Yavapai County This ZIP also reaches into Yavapai County](/wildfire-risk/arizona/yavapai-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 85263 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 3 fell inside ZIP 85263. 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)

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