Douglas, WY
Douglas wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Douglas lands at the 82nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 3,197 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Douglas at the 82nd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Douglas's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Douglas (94% of 3,197 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 6% sit in the Direct zone.
How Douglas compares
Douglas's 82nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 59th ranking inside Wyoming does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 24 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Douglas ranks 5,593 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,168 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 79 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
Douglas's very high rating (82nd 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
Douglas's 94% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,197 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Douglas. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Douglas, see the exposure-zones guide.