Castleton Four Corners, VT
Castleton Four Corners wildfire risk explained
Castleton Four Corners sits at the 18th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 483 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Castleton Four Corners at the 18th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Castleton Four Corners's buildings (52.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Castleton Four Corners ranks
Compare Castleton Four Corners's two percentiles: 82nd within Vermont, only 18th nationally — a gap of 64 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Castleton Four Corners ranks 25,889 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,659 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 33 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
Castleton Four Corners'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 Castleton Four Corners
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Castleton Four Corners (52.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Castleton Four Corners's 18th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Castleton Four Corners, see the exposure-zones guide.