Enosburg Falls, VT
How exposed is Enosburg Falls to wildfire?
Enosburg Falls sits at the 13th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 733 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Enosburg Falls's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
733 buildings are counted in Enosburg Falls, and 70.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 29.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Enosburg Falls ranks
There's little gap between Enosburg Falls's 13th national percentile and its 16th percentile inside Vermont, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Enosburg Falls ranks 27,560 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,301 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 149 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Enosburg Falls
Enosburg Falls's low wildfire rating (13th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Enosburg Falls (70.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Enosburg Falls's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Enosburg Falls, see the exposure-zones guide.