Jericho, VT
Jericho wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Jericho lands at the 13th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 563 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jericho at the 14th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Jericho's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Jericho: 83.8% of its 563 buildings, versus 16.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Jericho ranks
Jericho scores 13th nationally and 23rd 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, Jericho ranks 27,372 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,368 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 137 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jericho
Jericho'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.
Hardening a home in Jericho
With 83.8% of Jericho 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.
Where Jericho's figures come from
Jericho's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jericho's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.