ZIP 85609 · Benson, Cochise County, Arizona

Wildfire risk in ZIP 85609, Benson

The points we sampled inside this ZIP score a median of 71.8 out of 100 — High, above the Cochise County middle of 55.2. That is a neighbourhood-scale reading, not a score for any address in it.

At a glance

What we measured in 85609

71.8 median of the 2 sampled points inside this ZIP · High
26.2–84.3 the range across Cochise County, from 166 points
78% of the way up the county's measured range
Benson 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.

What does your 85609 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.

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Fire record

The fires nearest to here

Distances are from the centre of ZIP 85609 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 Cochise County page.

Walnut Fire 2021 · 10,660 acres · Cochise County 2km away
Lizard Fire 2017 · 15,230 acres · Cochise County 13km away
Swisshelms Fire 2017 · 10,954 acres · Cochise County 69km away
Monument Fire 2011 · 32,074 acres · Cochise County 77km away
Horseshoe 2 Fire 2011 · 222,990 acres · Cochise County 78km away
Where to go next

ZIP 85609 in context

This page is built from the Cochise County data pack: risk samples on a grid across the county, of which 2 fell inside ZIP 85609. 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.

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