Dubois, WY
Dubois wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dubois lands at the 91st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,001 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dubois's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Dubois's buildings (65%) 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.
Dubois against the rest of the country
Dubois scores 91st nationally and 93rd within Wyoming — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dubois ranks 2,979 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,930 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 15 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Dubois and the insurance market
At the 91st percentile nationally, Dubois 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Dubois's 65% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dubois's 2,979-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dubois, see the exposure-zones guide.