Boulder Flats, WY
How exposed is Boulder Flats to wildfire?
USFS scores Boulder Flats at the 87th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 275 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Boulder Flats at the 87th percentile, close to its 87th-percentile risk score.
Where Boulder Flats's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Boulder Flats's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 275 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Boulder Flats ranks
Boulder Flats scores 87th nationally and 78th within Wyoming — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boulder Flats ranks 4,175 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,380 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 43 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
At the 87th percentile nationally, Boulder Flats carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Boulder Flats's 100% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 275 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Boulder Flats. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Boulder Flats, see the exposure-zones guide.