Hyde Park, VT
How exposed is Hyde Park to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hyde Park lands at the 12th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 294 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hyde Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
Hyde Park's building exposure, zone by zone
294 buildings are counted in Hyde Park, and 72.1% 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 Hyde Park ranks
Hyde Park's risk sits at a similar level relative to Vermont (13th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (12th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hyde Park ranks 27,653 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,804 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 155 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Hyde Park and the insurance market
At the 12th national percentile, Hyde Park 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 Hyde Park
Hyde Park's 72.1% 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.
Where Hyde Park's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hyde Park's 27,653-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hyde Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.