Fontenelle, WY
How exposed is Fontenelle to wildfire?
USFS scores Fontenelle at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 22 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fontenelle's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
Where Fontenelle's buildings actually sit
22 buildings are counted in Fontenelle, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal. This is a small settlement by building count — 22 total — so these shares describe a handful of structures, not a statistical average across thousands.
How Fontenelle compares
Fontenelle's 44th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 4th ranking inside Wyoming does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 41 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fontenelle ranks 17,541 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,448 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 185 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Fontenelle's elevated wildfire rating (44th 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
Fontenelle's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Fontenelle's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 22 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fontenelle. Small places like Fontenelle (22 buildings) are exactly where USFS's underlying data gets sparsest — see the data-quality guide for the 517 places that didn't clear the bar.