Jeffersonville, VT
Jeffersonville, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Jeffersonville at the 14th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 292 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jeffersonville at the 14th percentile, close to its 14th-percentile risk score.
Jeffersonville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 57.9% of Jeffersonville's 292 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 42.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Jeffersonville ranks
Jeffersonville scores 14th nationally and 26th within Vermont — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jeffersonville ranks 27,245 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 132 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 14th national percentile, Jeffersonville 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 Jeffersonville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Jeffersonville (57.9% 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
Jeffersonville's 14th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Jeffersonville, see the exposure-zones guide.