East Middlebury, VT
East Middlebury, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
East Middlebury's 327 buildings earn a 14th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts East Middlebury at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
East Middlebury's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in East Middlebury: 58.4% of its 327 buildings, versus 41.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
East Middlebury against the rest of the country
East Middlebury scores 14th nationally and 27th within Vermont — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Middlebury ranks 27,244 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,904 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 131 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
East Middlebury and the insurance market
At the 14th national percentile, East Middlebury rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in East Middlebury (58.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where East Middlebury's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Middlebury's 27,244-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Middlebury's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.