Casper Mountain, WY
How exposed is Casper Mountain to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Casper Mountain at the 96th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 734 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Casper Mountain's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 94th percentile nationally.
Where Casper Mountain's buildings actually sit
734 buildings are counted in Casper Mountain, and 100% 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.
Casper Mountain against the rest of the country
Casper Mountain's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wyoming (100th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (96th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Casper Mountain ranks 1,276 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,293 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 2 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
Casper Mountain's very high rating (96th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Casper Mountain (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Casper Mountain's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Casper Mountain's 1,276-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Casper Mountain's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.