Irasburg, VT
Irasburg wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Irasburg at the 13th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 136 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Irasburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Where Irasburg's buildings actually sit
83.1% of Irasburg's 136 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 113 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 16.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Irasburg against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Irasburg's 13th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Vermont, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Irasburg ranks 27,436 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,472 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 141 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
Irasburg's low wildfire rating (13th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 83.1% of Irasburg in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Irasburg's 13th-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 Irasburg, see the exposure-zones guide.