James Town, WY
James Town wildfire risk explained
James Town's 387 buildings earn a 60th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks James Town at the 54th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where James Town's buildings actually sit
387 buildings are counted in James Town, and 75.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where James Town ranks
Inside Wyoming, James Town sits at just the 16th percentile even though it scores 60th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, James Town ranks 12,591 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,482 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 159 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
James Town's high rating (60th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in James Town (75.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind James Town's 12,591-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond James Town, see the exposure-zones guide.