Dixon, WY
Dixon wildfire risk explained
Dixon sits at the 86th 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 68 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dixon at the 85th percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
Where Dixon's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Dixon: 51.5% of its 68 buildings, versus 48.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Dixon compares
There's little gap between Dixon's 86th national percentile and its 75th percentile inside Wyoming, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dixon ranks 4,303 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,371 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 48 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dixon
At the 86th percentile nationally, Dixon 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.
Hardening a home in Dixon
With 51.5% of Dixon in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 68 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dixon. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dixon, see the exposure-zones guide.