Alpine Northwest, WY
Alpine Northwest wildfire risk explained
Alpine Northwest sits at the 79th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 317 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Alpine Northwest at the 74th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
317 buildings are counted in Alpine Northwest, and 94% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Alpine Northwest ranks
Alpine Northwest ranks lower within Wyoming (47th percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alpine Northwest ranks 6,603 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,198 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 101 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Alpine Northwest and the insurance market
Alpine Northwest's high rating (79th 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.
Hardening a home in Alpine Northwest
Alpine Northwest's 94% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Alpine Northwest's 6,603-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Alpine Northwest, see the exposure-zones guide.