{
  "title": "Wildfire Risk in ZIP 85396 (Waddell), Arizona | Satelife",
  "description": "ZIP 85396 in Waddell, Maricopa County, Arizona: the points we sampled inside it score a median 40 out of 100 (Moderate), against 20–81.8 across Maricopa County. Wildfire risk is measured per parcel, not per ZIP.",
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  "content": "[Home](/)›[Wildfire Risk](/wildfire-risk/)›[Arizona](/wildfire-risk/arizona/)›[Maricopa County](/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-county/)›ZIP 85396\n\nZIP 85396 · Waddell, Maricopa County, Arizona\n\n# Wildfire risk in _ZIP 85396_, Waddell\n\nThe points we sampled inside this ZIP score a median of **40** out of 100 — **Moderate**, below the Maricopa County middle of 43.2. That is a neighbourhood-scale reading, not a score for any address in it.\n\n[Score my 85396 address →](#score-my-address) [Open the Maricopa County page ↓](/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-county/)\n\nAt a glance\n\n## What we measured in _85396_\n\n40 median of the 4 sampled points inside this ZIP · Moderate\n\n20–81.8 the range across Maricopa County, from 191 points\n\n32% of the way up the county's measured range\n\nWaddell nearest mapped community to this ZIP's centre\n\nThe 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.\n\nWhat does your 85396 address score?\n\nThe 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.\n\nFree to request · PDF report with a 0–100 score, the drivers behind it, and a mitigation plan\n\nFire record\n\n## The fires _nearest to here_\n\nDistances are from the centre of ZIP 85396 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/).\n\nCave Creek Complex Fire 2005 · 250,243 acres · Maricopa County 90_km away_\n\nWildcat Fire 2024 · 14,402 acres · Maricopa County 90_km away_\n\nSears Fire 2020 · 14,477 acres · Maricopa County 91_km away_\n\nSand Stone Fire 2024 · 27,390 acres · Maricopa County 105_km away_\n\nSiphon Fire 2024 · 15,527 acres · Maricopa County 114_km away_\n\nWhere to go next\n\n## ZIP 85396 _in context_\n\n[Wildfire risk in Maricopa County The full county page: fire record, what drives the score, communities](/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-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 85396 address PDF + score + mitigation plan](/#cta)\n\nThis page is built from the Maricopa County data pack: risk samples on a grid across the county, of which 4 fell inside ZIP 85396. 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.\n\n## What does _your parcel_ look like, layer by layer?\n\nA 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.\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."
}