Fort Bridger, WY
Fort Bridger wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Fort Bridger at the 70th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 314 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fort Bridger at the 67th percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
314 buildings are counted in Fort Bridger, and 83.1% 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.
How Fort Bridger compares
Inside Wyoming, Fort Bridger sits at just the 29th percentile even though it scores 70th 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, Fort Bridger ranks 9,567 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,274 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 137 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Fort Bridger and the insurance market
At the 70th percentile nationally, Fort Bridger carries the 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Fort Bridger (83.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Fort Bridger's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fort Bridger's 9,567-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fort Bridger's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.