Huntington, VT
Huntington wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Huntington at the 17th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 313 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Huntington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 88.2% of Huntington's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 11.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 276 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Huntington against the rest of the country
Within Vermont, Huntington ranks higher (67th percentile) than it does nationally (17th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Huntington ranks 26,301 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,300 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 60 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
Huntington's low wildfire rating (17th 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
Huntington's 88.2% 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
Huntington's 17th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Huntington, see the exposure-zones guide.