AGENCY: Department of Natural Resources. Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands
SERIES: 31551
TITLE: Wildland urban interface property assessments
DATES: 2026-
ARRANGEMENT: Database
DESCRIPTION: The Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands provides property wildfire risk assessments to land owners in the wildland urban interface. (Utah Code 65A-8-203 (2026)). These assessments track: 1) the wildfire risk to structures and the surrounding landscape, and 2) changes to the structures and landscape over time that affect that wildfire risk. These assessments produce: 1) a lot assessment report for the property owner that provides the details of the risk assessment results and suggested actions to reduce wildfire risk, and 2) a classification score assigned to the parcel ID. The lot assessment report may include personal data and will be solely viewable by the property owner and assessment staff. The classification score does not include personal data except for the parcel ID, provided by the county. Information gathered by these assessments are fully shared with the county where the parcel is located. Metadata from the assessments will be collected to show change over time of wildfire risk to structures in the Wildland Urban Interface. This series also includes anonymous metadata.
Privacy Annotation:
List of personal information collected: Name, address, phone number, email address and parcel ID number.
Purpose for collecting the personal information: to perform customized wildfire risk assessments. Information is used solely to generate and deliver property's detailed risk assessment report, track risk mitigation progress over time, and share necessary parcel-level data with county and property and casualty insurers.
Legal Authority: Utah Code 65A-8-203 (2026), and Utah Code 65A-8-402 (2026).
RETENTION
Retain for 7 year(s)
DISPOSITION
Destroy.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule State government routine administrative correspondence, GRS-48
AUTHORIZED: 07/27/2026
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Computer data files: Retain in Office for 7 years and then delete.
APPRAISAL
Administrative
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public. Utah Code 63G-2-301(2)(g) (2026)
SECONDARY DESIGNATION
Private. Utah Code 63G-2-302(2)(d) (2026)