Brattleboro, VT
How exposed is Brattleboro to wildfire?
Brattleboro's 2,870 buildings earn a 18th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brattleboro at the 17th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,870 buildings are counted in Brattleboro, and 91.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 7.9% in Direct exposure or the 0.2% rated Minimal.
Where Brattleboro ranks
Brattleboro's 76th-percentile standing inside Vermont outpaces its 18th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brattleboro ranks 26,016 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,629 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 43 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Brattleboro's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Brattleboro
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Brattleboro (91.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Brattleboro's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brattleboro's 26,016-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brattleboro's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.