Lance Creek, WY
Lance Creek wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lance Creek lands at the 83rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 154 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lance Creek's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
Where Lance Creek's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Lance Creek: 100% of its 154 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Lance Creek ranks
Inside Wyoming, Lance Creek sits at just the 61st percentile even though it scores 83rd 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, Lance Creek ranks 5,375 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,732 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 76 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lance Creek
Lance Creek's 83rd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Lance Creek 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 Lance Creek's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lance Creek's 5,375-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lance Creek's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.