Little America, WY
How exposed is Little America to wildfire?
USFS scores Little America at the 49th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 41 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Little America at the 44th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Little America's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Little America (65.9% of 41 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 34.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Little America against the rest of the country
Little America's 49th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 6th ranking inside Wyoming does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 43 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Little America ranks 16,060 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,157 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 181 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Little America and the insurance market
Little America's elevated rating (49th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Little America
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Little America (65.9% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Little America's 16,060-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Little America, see the exposure-zones guide.