Alcova, WY
How exposed is Alcova to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Alcova at the 84th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 82 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Alcova at the 77th percentile, close to its 84th-percentile risk score.
Alcova's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Alcova's 82 counted buildings, 93.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Alcova compares
Alcova's 84th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 64th ranking inside Wyoming does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 20 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alcova ranks 5,217 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,830 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 70 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Alcova's very high rating (84th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With 93.9% of Alcova in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Alcova's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 82 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alcova. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alcova's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.