Grafton, VT
Grafton, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Grafton's 89 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Grafton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Grafton's building exposure, zone by zone
89 buildings are counted in Grafton, and 55.1% 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.
Where Grafton ranks
Grafton's 60th-percentile standing inside Vermont outpaces its 16th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grafton ranks 26,426 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,553 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 72 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 16th national percentile, Grafton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Grafton
Grafton's 55.1% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Grafton's 26,426-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Grafton, see the exposure-zones guide.