Encampment, WY
Encampment wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Encampment at the 85th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 497 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Encampment's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
Where Encampment's buildings actually sit
75.9% of Encampment's 497 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 24.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Encampment compares
Inside Wyoming, Encampment sits at just the 69th percentile even though it scores 85th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Encampment ranks 4,743 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,419 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 59 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Encampment
At the 85th percentile nationally, Encampment 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Encampment (75.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Encampment's figures come from
Encampment's 85th-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 Encampment's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.