East Barre, VT
East Barre wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts East Barre at the 16th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 445 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Barre's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
East Barre's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of East Barre's buildings (51.7%) 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.
East Barre against the rest of the country
Compare East Barre's two percentiles: 61st within Vermont, only 16th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Barre ranks 26,425 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,372 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 71 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
East Barre and the insurance market
East Barre's low rating (16th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
East Barre's 51.7% 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 East Barre's figures come from
East Barre's 16th-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 East Barre's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.