Clearmont, WY
Clearmont wildfire risk explained
Clearmont sits at the 93rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 86 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clearmont at the 94th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Clearmont's buildings actually sit
57% of Clearmont's 86 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 43% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Clearmont against the rest of the country
Clearmont's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wyoming (97th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (93rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clearmont ranks 2,191 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,674 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 6 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clearmont
Clearmont's 93rd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
Clearmont's 57% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Clearmont's figures come from
Clearmont's 93rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clearmont's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.