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title: "Wildfire Risk in ZIP 85541 (Payson), Arizona | Satelife"
description: "ZIP 85541 in Payson, Gila County, Arizona: the points we sampled inside it score a median 67.2 out of 100 (High), against 37–84.9 across Gila County. Wildfire risk is measured per parcel, not per ZIP."
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ZIP 85541 · Payson, Gila County, Arizona

# Wildfire risk in _ZIP 85541_, Payson

The points we sampled inside this ZIP score a median of **67.2** out of 100 — **High**, above the Gila County middle of 62.3. That is a neighbourhood-scale reading, not a score for any address in it.

[Score my 85541 address →](#score-my-address) [Open the Gila County page ↓](/wildfire-risk/arizona/gila-county/)

At a glance

## What we measured in _85541_

67.2 median of the 32 sampled points inside this ZIP · High

37–84.9 the range across Gila County, from 168 points

63% of the way up the county's measured range

Payson 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 85541 also reaches into Coconino County, Maricopa County, Yavapai County — postal areas do not stop at county lines. Its Coconino County side measured 81.8 from 1 points. Its Maricopa County side measured 81.2 from 1 points. Its Yavapai County side measured 58.2 from 1 points.

What does your 85541 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 85541 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 [Gila County page](/wildfire-risk/arizona/gila-county/).

Willow Fire 2004 · 119,952 acres · Gila County 18_km away_

Willow Fire 2004 · 119,952 acres · Yavapai County 18_km away_

Backbone Fire 2021 · 40,858 acres · Gila County 37_km away_

Backbone Fire 2021 · 40,858 acres · Yavapai County 37_km away_

Edge Complex Fire 2005 · 72,327 acres · Maricopa County 48_km away_

Where to go next

## ZIP 85541 _in context_

[Wildfire risk in Gila County The full county page: fire record, what drives the score, communities](/wildfire-risk/arizona/gila-county/) [Wildfire risk in Coconino County This ZIP also reaches into Coconino County](/wildfire-risk/arizona/coconino-county/) [Wildfire risk in Maricopa County This ZIP also reaches into Maricopa County](/wildfire-risk/arizona/maricopa-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/)

This page is built from the Gila County data pack: risk samples on a grid across the county, of which 32 fell inside ZIP 85541. 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.

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