Graniteville, VT
How exposed is Graniteville to wildfire?
Graniteville's 389 buildings earn a 15th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Graniteville at the 16th percentile, close to its 15th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Graniteville's 389 counted buildings, 71.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Graniteville against the rest of the country
Graniteville's 45th-percentile standing inside Vermont outpaces its 15th 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, Graniteville ranks 26,740 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,437 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 99 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 15th national percentile, Graniteville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Graniteville's 71.5% 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 Graniteville's figures come from
Graniteville's 15th-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 Graniteville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.