SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands released their new High-Risk Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Map. They created this map because of House Bill 48, which passed during the 2025 legislative session. You can find the map here. Any property owner can access the map using the Utah Wildfire Risk Tool. The map shows the structure’s exposure score, and different layers can be seen on the same page. The High-Risk WUI layer identifies areas where wildfire risk and structural development overlap, helping communities understand and address risks to protect their homes and neighborhoods. There are about 60,000 structures within the high-risk boundary and multiple factors that go into assessing those risks including vegetation and fuel characteristics, previous fires in the area, and topography. Joseph Anderson, the Wildfire Risk Reduction Program Manager with Utah DNR said the areas in the state affected by the new map is narrower than he expected.